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Etymology

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Fromstream +‎line.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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streamline (pluralstreamlines)

  1. (physics) Aline that istangent to thevelocity offlow of afluid; equivalent to thepath of a specificparticle in that flow.
  2. (meteorology) On aweather chart, aline that istangent to theflow of the wind.

Translations

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line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid
meteorology: line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of the wind

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Verb

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streamline (third-person singular simple presentstreamlines,present participlestreamlining,simple past and past participlestreamlined)

  1. (transitive) Todesign andconstruct thecontours of avehicle etc. so as to offer the leastresistance to its flow through a fluid.
    • 1969,Trains:
      The J's originally werestreamlined after the style of the New Haven's 1400- class 4-6-4's and were considered by many to be a handsome locomotive. A program to gradually destreamline the class began in April 1947.
  2. (transitive, by extension) Tosimplify ororganize aprocess in order to increase itsefficiency.
    • 1980, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology,The Food and Drug Administration's Process for Approving New Drugs, page64:
      The subcommittee concludes FDA should become less involved in the early stages of clinical research bystreamlining and uncumbering its regulations governing them.
    • 2013, Liran Tal,Drupal 7 Media:
      This structure organizes andstreamlines theme development to create a solid ground for themers (theme developers) to further build and extend, much like in object-oriented programming.
    • 2022 September 21, Emily Cochrane, Lisa Friedman, “Manchin’s Gas Pipeline Deal Irks Both Parties, Snarling Spending Bill”, inThe New York Times[1],→ISSN:
      Mr. Manchin has insisted that legislation tostreamline the permitting of fossil fuel and energy infrastructure projects, including the West Virginia pipeline, be tied to the spending measure, which is expected to keep the government funded through mid-December.
  3. (transitive) Tomodernize.

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Translations

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to design an object so as to offer least resistance to its flow through a fluid
to simplify a process
to modernise

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