PIPELINE

pipeline, line

(noun) a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; “a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport”

grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth

(noun) gossip spread by spoken communication; “the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

pipeline (plural pipelines)

A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc.

A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).

(figurative) A system or process through which something is conducted.

(surfing) The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it.

Meronyms

• pipe

Hyponyms

• continuous delivery pipeline

Verb

pipeline (third-person singular simple present pipelines, present participle pipelining, simple past and past participle pipelined)

(computing, transitive) To design (a microchip etc.) so that processing takes place in efficient stages, the output of each stage being fed as input to the next.

(transitive) To convey something by a system of pipes

(transitive) To lay a system of pipes through something

Source: Wiktionary

Pipe"-line`, v. t.

Definition: To convey by a pipe line; to furnish with a pipe line or pipe lines.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition