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stream⋅lined

  [streem-lahynd]
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–adjective
1. having a contour designed to offer the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc.; optimally shaped for motion or conductivity.
2. designed or organized to give maximum efficiency; compact.
3. modernized; up-to-date.
Origin:
1890–95; streamline + -ed 2

stream⋅line

  [streem-lahyn] noun, verb, -lined, -lin⋅ing. adjective
–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)
3. to make streamlined.
4. to alter in order to make more efficient or simple.
–adjective
5. streamlined.
Origin:
1870–75; stream + line 1
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stream·line   (strēm'līn')   
tr.v.   stream·lined, stream·lin·ing, stream·lines

  1. To construct or design in a form that offers the least resistance to fluid flow.

  2. To improve the appearance or efficiency of; modernize.

    1. To organize.

    2. To simplify.

n.  

  1. A line that is parallel to the direction of flow of a fluid at a given instant.

  2. The path of one particle in a flowing fluid.

  3. A contour of a body constructed so as to offer minimum resistance to a fluid flow.

stream·lined   (strēm'līnd')   
adj.  

    1. Designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow.

    2. Reduced to essentials; lacking anything extra.

    3. Effectively organized or simplified: a streamlined method of production.

  2. Having flowing, graceful lines; sleek: a streamlined convertible.

  3. Improved in appearance or efficiency; modernized.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

streamline

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.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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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 that 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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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