Streamline Meaning and Definition

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What is the definition Streamline? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Antonyms, Words starting with Streamline, Synonyms, How to pronounce? Related sentences, Derivations, Words ending with Streamline, Example sentences and more...

Word: Streamline

How to pronounce: ˈstriːmlaɪn

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Design or provide with a form that presents very little resistance to a flow of air or water, increasing speed and ease of movement.

Example sentences: "Engineers can reduce a vehicle's fuel consumption by reducing its size and weight and by streamlining its body"

2. Make (an organization or system) more efficient and effective by employing faster or simpler working methods.

Example sentences: "The company streamlined its operations by removing whole layers of management"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A line along which the flow of a moving fluid is least turbulent.

Example sentences: "The flow was largely laminar, and the streamlines remained remarkably coherent and showed little deviation during the course of the experiment."

Adjective

Definitions:

1. (of fluid flow) free from turbulence.

Example sentences: "After the entire body is through the hole, maintain your streamline position and flatten out quickly to direct your energy toward the other end."

2. Having a streamlined shape.

Example sentences: "A streamline airplane"

Synonyms:

rationalize

rationalise

innovate

simplify

accelerate

facilitate

easier

regularize

regulate