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streamlined
[ streem-lahynd ]
adjective
- having a contour designed to offer the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.; optimally shaped for motion or conductivity.
- designed or organized to give maximum efficiency; compact.
- modernized; up-to-date.
streamlined
/ ˈstriːmˌlaɪnd /
adjective
- offering or designed to offer the minimum resistance to the flow of a gas or liquid
- made more efficient, esp by simplifying
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- un·streamlined adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of streamlined1
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Example Sentences
Once in Sicily, the refugees are processed and released by the Italian authorities, who have streamlined the experience.
Hoop skirts of the Civil War era relaxed into flowing, streamlined gowns.
Schultz agreed that mining regulations should be streamlined.
Nowadays tech developers are constantly striving to create the most integrated, streamlined consumer experience possible.
They need to become streamlined: an organism that is basically very primitive.
The full-length picture of her included a streamlined, full-blossomed and yet delectably lithe body.
Dalgetty's view in all directions was cut off by the other stations, the rising streamlined hulks which were Pacific Colony.
The German “drachen” was badly “streamlined,” that is to say, its shape offered great resistance to the wind.
But before all these romantically streamlined things eventuate there must be a hiatus.
This streamlined vein puncturing implement reduced the possibility of injecting air and bacteria into the blood.
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