GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Streamline (?), a. 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”; -- the current usuage prefers the term streamlined.
   
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2.       
   streamline, v. t.
   1. to design or modify so as to present the least possible resistance to fluid flow; -- used mostly of vehicles, such as automobiles, airplanes, or ships.
   
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   2. [Fig.] to change so as to make more efficient; -- used especially of organizations, procedures, or methods. “The streamlined company became a formidable competitor.”
   
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