streamline

Streamline means to design something in a way that provides little resistance such as from air, water or quick movement.

(verb)

When you design an ultra-slick air craft with almost no wind resistance, this is an example of when you streamline.
When a business process has five steps and you figure out a way to do it in two simpler steps and make a quicker movement, this is an example of when you streamline.

Streamline is something that has a shape that provides little resistance to air or fluid flow.

(noun)

An example of streamline is a slick, smooth aircraft.

See streamline in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

to make streamlined

adjective

See streamline in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb stream·lined, stream·lin·ing, stream·lines

To construct or design in a form that offers the least resistance to fluid flow.
To improve the appearance or efficiency of; modernize.
a. To organize.
b. To simplify.

noun

A line that is parallel to the direction of flow of a fluid at a given instant.
The path of one particle in a flowing fluid.
A contour of a body constructed so as to offer minimum resistance to a fluid flow.

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