"streamline" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstriːmlaɪn/ Audio: En-us-streamline.oga Forms: streamlines [plural]
Etymology: From stream + line. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stream|line}} stream + line Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Physics Translations (line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid): stroomlijn (Dutch), virtaviiva (Finnish), ligne de courant [feminine] (French), струјница (strujnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), linha de corrente [feminine] (Portuguese), направле́ние тече́ния (napravlénije tečénija) [neuter] (Russian), ли́ния обтека́ния (línija obtekánija) [feminine] (Russian), ли́ния пото́ка (línija potóka) [feminine] (Russian), ли́ния тече́ния (línija tečénija) [feminine] (Russian), ли́ния то́ка (línija tóka) (Russian), línea de corriente [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-streamline-en-noun-M10EfEQk Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid': 79 21
  2. (meteorology) On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind. Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-streamline-en-noun-peroL-5v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 44 11 5 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 43 12 6 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 53 8 5 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 47 10 2 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 17 40 15 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 37 16 8 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 40 15 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 37 16 9 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 17 40 14 9 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 25 36 16 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 41 15 6 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 18 39 15 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 20 40 15 8 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 40 14 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 41 15 6 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 17 40 15 8 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 43 13 6 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 39 15 8 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 16 38 18 8 20 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: streakline, pathline Translations (meteorology: line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of the wind): stroomlijn (Dutch), virtaviiva (Finnish), струјница (strujnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), ли́ния обтека́ния (línija obtekánija) [feminine] (Russian), ли́ния возду́шного пото́ка (línija vozdúšnovo potóka) [feminine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'meteorology: line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of the wind': 52 48

Verb

IPA: /ˈstriːmlaɪn/ Audio: En-us-streamline.oga Forms: streamlines [present, singular, third-person], streamlining [participle, present], streamlined [participle, past], streamlined [past]
Etymology: From stream + line. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stream|line}} stream + line Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Translations (to design an object so as to offer least resistance to its flow through a fluid): virtaviivaistaa (Finnish), გარსშემოდენილი (garsšemodenili) (Georgian), გარსედინი (garsedini) (Georgian), velocizzare (Italian), придава́ть обтека́емую фо́рму (pridavátʹ obtekájemuju fórmu) (Russian), אַרומפֿלייצן (arumfleytsn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-streamline-en-verb-qGO~XU2m Disambiguation of 'to design an object so as to offer least resistance to its flow through a fluid': 95 3 1
  2. (transitive, by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency. Tags: broadly, transitive Translations (to simplify a process): səmərələşdirmək (Azerbaijani), effektivləşdirmək (Azerbaijani), 精簡 (Chinese Mandarin), 精简 (jīngjiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), tehostaa (Finnish), keventää (Finnish), sujuvoittaa (Finnish), rationaliser (French), razionalizzare (Italian), snellire (Italian), рационализи́ра (racionalizíra) (Macedonian), simplificar (Portuguese), racionalizar (Portuguese), otimizar (Portuguese), рационализи́ровать (racionalizírovatʹ) (Russian), ускоря́ть (uskorjátʹ) (Russian), racionalizirati (Serbo-Croatian), optimizirati (Serbo-Croatian), agilizar (Spanish), racionalizar (Spanish), simplificar (Spanish), rationalisera (Swedish), עפֿעקטיווירן (efektivirn) (Yiddish), פֿאַרפּשוטערן (farposhetern) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-streamline-en-verb-QRAF5nFS Disambiguation of 'to simplify a process': 2 93 5
  3. (transitive) To modernise. Tags: transitive Translations (to modernise): 現代化 (Chinese Mandarin), 现代化 (xiàndàihuà) (Chinese Mandarin), nykyaikaistaa (Finnish), korszerűsít (Hungarian), modernizzare (Italian), ottimizzare (Italian), осовременува (osovremenuva) (Macedonian), modernizar (Portuguese), модернизи́ровать (modɛrnizírovatʹ) (Russian), modernizar (Spanish), מאָדערניזירן (modernizirn) (Yiddish), ראַציאָנאַליזירן (ratsyonalizirn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-streamline-en-verb-S3dDb03j Disambiguation of 'to modernise': 3 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: streamliner Related terms: streamstyle

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to simplify a process",
      "word": "agilizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to simplify a process",
      "word": "racionalizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to simplify a process",
      "word": "simplificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to simplify a process",
      "word": "rationalisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "efektivirn",
      "sense": "to simplify a process",
      "word": "עפֿעקטיווירן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "farposhetern",
      "sense": "to simplify a process",
      "word": "פֿאַרפּשוטערן"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to modernise",
      "word": "現代化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàndàihuà",
      "sense": "to modernise",
      "word": "现代化"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to modernise",
      "word": "nykyaikaistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to modernise",
      "word": "korszerűsít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to modernise",
      "word": "modernizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to modernise",
      "word": "ottimizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "osovremenuva",
      "sense": "to modernise",
      "word": "осовременува"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to modernise",
      "word": "modernizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "modɛrnizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to modernise",
      "word": "модернизи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to modernise",
      "word": "modernizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "modernizirn",
      "sense": "to modernise",
      "word": "מאָדערניזירן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ratsyonalizirn",
      "sense": "to modernise",
      "word": "ראַציאָנאַליזירן"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "streamline"
  ],
  "word": "streamline"
}

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