STREAMLINE

streamline

(verb) contour economically or efficiently

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

streamline (plural streamlines)

(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.

(meteorology) On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.

Verb

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

(transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.

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

(transitive) To modernise.

Antonyms

• destreamline

Anagrams

• eternalism, martelines, steamliner

Source: Wiktionary

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Stream"line`, a.

Definition: Of or pert. to a stream line; designating a motion or flow that is free from turbulence, like that of a particle in a streamline; hence, designating a surface, body, etc., that is designed so as to afford an unbroken flow of a fluid about it, esp. when the resistance to flow is the least possible; as, a streamline body for an automobile or airship.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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