streamline

English

Etymology

From stream +‎ line.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstriːmlaɪn/

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Noun

streamline (plural streamlines)

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.

Translations

line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid

• Dutch: stroomlijn (nl)
• Finnish: virtaviiva
• French: ligne de courant (fr) f
• Macedonian: струјница f (strujnica)
• Portuguese: linha de corrente f
• Russian: направле́ние тече́ния n (napravlénije tečénija), ли́ния обтека́ния f (línija obtekánija), ли́ния пото́ка f (línija potóka), ли́ния тече́ния f (línija tečénija), ли́ния то́ка (línija tóka)
• Spanish: línea de corriente f

meteorology: line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of the wind

• Dutch: stroomlijn (nl)
• Finnish: virtaviiva
• Macedonian: струјница f (strujnica)
• Russian: ли́ния обтека́ния f (línija obtekánija), ли́ния возду́шного пото́ка f (línija vozdúšnovo potóka)

See also

• streakline
• pathline

Verb

streamline (third-person singular simple present streamlines, present participle streamlining, simple past and past participle streamlined)

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.
2. (transitive, by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
3. (transitive) To modernise.

Antonyms

• destreamline

Derived terms

• streamliner

Related terms

• streamstyle

Translations

to design an object so as to offer least resistance to its flow through a fluid

• Finnish: virtaviivaistaa
• Georgian: გარსშემოდენილი (garsšemodenili), გარსედინი (garsedini)
• Italian: velocizzare (it)
• Russian: придава́ть обтека́емую фо́рму (pridavátʹ obtekájemuju fórmu)
• Yiddish: אַרומפֿלייצן (arumfleytsn)

to simplify a process

• Azerbaijani: səmərələşdirmək, effektivləşdirmək
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精簡／精简 (zh) (jīngjiǎn)

• Finnish: tehostaa (fi), keventää (fi), sujuvoittaa (fi)
• French: rationaliser (fr)
• Italian: razionalizzare, snellire (it)
• Macedonian: рационализи́ра (racionalizíra)
• Portuguese: simplificar (pt), racionalizar (pt), otimizar (pt)
• Russian: рационализи́ровать (ru) (racionalizírovatʹ), ускоря́ть (ru) (uskorjátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: racionalizirati (sh), optimizirati
• Spanish: agilizar (es), racionalizar (es), simplificar (es)
• Swedish: rationalisera (sv)
• Yiddish: עפֿעקטיווירן (efektivirn), פֿאַרפּשוטערן (farposhetern)

to modernise

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現代化／现代化 (zh) (xiàndàihuà)

• Finnish: nykyaikaistaa
• Hungarian: korszerűsít (hu)
• Italian: modernizzare (it), ottimizzare (it)
• Macedonian: осовременува (osovremenuva)
• Portuguese: modernizar (pt)
• Russian: модернизи́ровать (ru) (modɛrnizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: modernizar (es)
• Yiddish: מאָדערניזירן (modernizirn), ראַציאָנאַליזירן (ratsyonalizirn)

Anagrams

• eternalism, martelines, steamliner