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noun
1.
2.
the path of a particle that is flowing steadily and without turbulence in a fluid past an object.
verb (used with object)
3.
to make streamlined.
4.
to alter in order to make more efficient or simple.
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- Your other job is to figure out how to streamline your life so you're not so overwhelmed all the time.
- Several colleges and universities were cited for their efforts to streamline and improve the transfer process.
- If there's the possibility of opening an account, this would streamline the process as you could do wire transfers bank-to-bank.
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Word Origin & History
streamline
1868 (n.) "line drawn from point to point, so that its direction is everywhere that of the motion of the fluid" [Lamb, "Hydrodynamics," 1906], from stream + line. The adj. is attested from 1898, "free from turbulence," 1907 in sense of "shaped so
EXPANDthat the flow around it is smooth." The verb is attested from 1913 with meaning "give a streamline form to," and 1936 in the extended sense of "simplify and organize."
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Science Dictionary
streamline  (strēm'līn') Pronunciation Key
To construct or reconstruct an object to reduce the amount of drag it undergoes as it moves through a fluid, especially air or water. |
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Cultural Dictionary
streamline definition
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.
Note: 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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