streamline

¹stream·line

noun \ˈstrēm-ˌlīn\

Definition of STREAMLINE

1

: the path of a particle in a fluid relative to a solid body past which the fluid is moving in smooth flow without turbulence

2

a : a contour designed to minimize resistance to motion through a fluid (as air)

b : a smooth or flowing line designed as if for decreasing air resistance

First Known Use of STREAMLINE

1868

Other Aeronautics/Aerospace Terms

airway, apron, corridor, dirigible, fishtail, flat-hat, vector

Rhymes with STREAMLINE

A-line, affine, airline, align, alkyne, alpine, assign, at sign, balkline, baseline, beeline, benign, bloodline, blue line, blush wine, bovine, bowline, branchline, breadline, bright-line, buntline, bustline, byline, call sign, canine, caprine, carbine, carmine, cervine, chow line, clothesline, cloud nine, coastline, combine, compline, condign, confine, consign, corvine, cosign, cutline, dateline, deadline, decline, define, design, divine, dragline, driveline, earthshine, Einstein, eiswein, end line, enshrine, entwine, equine, ethyne, fall line, fault line, feline, ferine, first-line, flatline, flight line, foul line, fräulein, frontline, front line, goal line, gold mine, grapevine, guideline, hairline, hard-line, hard pine, headline, hemline, high sign, hipline, Holbein, hotline, ice wine, incline, indign, in fine, in-line, Irvine, jawline, jug wine, landline, land mine, lang syne, lifeline, load line, longline, lupine, mainline, main line, malign, midline, moline, moonshine, neckline, off-line, old-line, online, opine, outline, outshine, ovine, Pauline, peace sign, Petrine, pipeline, piscine, pitch pine, plotline, plumb line, plus sign, pontine, porcine, potline, pound sign, propine, punch line, rapine, recline, redline, red pine, refine, reline, repine, resign, Rhine wine, ridgeline, roofline, Sabine, saline, Scotch pine, scrub pine, setline, shoreline, short line, sideline, sight line, skyline, snow line, soft-line, spring line, straight-line, strandline, straw wine, strip mine, strychnine, subline, sunshine, supine, syncline, taurine, tie-line, times sign, topline, touchline, towline, tramline, trapline, tree line, trephine, trotline, truckline, trunk line, tumpline, turbine, untwine, ursine, vespine, V sign, vulpine, waistline, white line, white pine, white wine, woodbine, yard line, zebrine, Z line

²streamline

transitive verb

Definition of STREAMLINE

1

: to design or construct with a streamline

2

: to bring up to date : modernize

3

a : to put in order : organize

b : to make simpler or more efficient <a system that streamlines the process>

Examples of STREAMLINE

1. The manufacturer has streamlined the car's design.
2. The business is looking for ways to streamline production.

First Known Use of STREAMLINE

1913

Related to STREAMLINE

Synonyms

simplify

Antonyms

complex, complexify, complicate, perplex, sophisticate

Related Words

dumb down, oversimplify; prune, strip (down), trim; purify, refine

Near Antonyms

elaborate

streamline

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

In fluid mechanics, the path of imaginary particles suspended in the fluid and carried along with it. In steady flow, the fluid is in motion but the streamlines are fixed. Where streamlines crowd together, the fluid speed is relatively high; where they open out, the fluid is relatively still. See also laminar flow, turbulent flow.