streamline
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Is streamline a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (physics) A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.
2. (meteorology) On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.Examples: "The J's originally were streamlined 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."transitive
2. (transitive, by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.Examples: "The subcommittee concludes FDA should become less involved in the early stages of clinical research by streamlining and uncumbering its regulations governing them."; "This structure organizes and streamlines theme development to create a solid ground for themers (theme developers) to further build and extend, much like in object-oriented programming."; "A non-hormonal birth control capsule that women can insert just before sex. A rape kit that gives victims more agency and streamlines the evidence collection process. An overhauled design for a 150-year-old tool used in postpartum vaginal tearing."broadlytransitive
3. (transitive) To modernize.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary