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streamline

[ streem-lahyn ]

noun

  1. a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.
  2. the path of a particle that is flowing steadily and without turbulence in a fluid past an object.


verb (used with object)

, stream·lined, stream·lin·ing.
  1. to make streamlined.
  2. to alter in order to make more efficient or simple.

adjective

  1. streamlined.

streamline

/ ˈstriːmˌlaɪn /

noun

  1. a contour on a body that offers the minimum resistance to a gas or liquid flowing around it
  2. an imaginary line in a fluid such that the tangent at any point indicates the direction of the velocity of a particle of the fluid at that point
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to make streamlined
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

streamline

/ strēmlīn′ /

  1. To construct or reconstruct an object to reduce the amount of drag it undergoes as it moves through a fluid, especially air or water.


streamline

  1. The line traced by a liquid or gas as it moves. Streamlines are most commonly used in describing the flow of a liquid or gas around a solid object.


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Notes

A “streamlined” design is one in which objects that move through a gas or liquid are shaped to match these lines, and therefore reduce the energy required to produce that motion.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of streamline1

First recorded in 1870–75; stream + line 1
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Example Sentences

For private landowners, the agencies proposed streamlining permitting processes and providing technical assistance to make it less expensive and easier to thin stands.

If you spend any time working on your computer at a desk, a monitor arm is an essential piece of equipment that will streamline your workflow and keep your space ergonomic and tidy.

Last year they published three papers that used this cohomology theory to streamline calculations involving simple particle collisions.

What helps us streamline the whole process is our customer communication software by HelpCrunch.

Major ecommerce sites offer guest checkouts to streamline their checkout process.

And later film-camera images were better quality as researchers learned how to streamline the process.

And people searching to take over a lease can select “landlord approved” apartments to streamline the process.

Once the public got wind of their move, they intoned that they were just trying to streamline government.

Once revealed, these statesmen shockingly defended the move as part of their effort to streamline government.

But the U.S. District Court in Tucson can only handle up to 70 defendants at each Streamline hearing.

The result was the first American "streamline" design for a shell.

In its general curvature the ship was a compromise between a true streamline design and a flattened cylinder.

The French had developed a mortar shell on the streamline principle which was invisible in flight and had twice the range of ours.

Had the war continued the Trench Warfare Section would have produced streamline shell for mortars.

"No wonder they streamline," he muttered as he saw the enormous force it took to drive the gigantic ship through this air.

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