(transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
Used in a Sentence
streamline
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for streamline.
Editorial note
They'll sure push to streamline red tape where possible but a near-zero barrier to entry would eat into their profits.
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Quick take
(transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
Meaning at a glance
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(transitive, by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
(transitive) To modernize.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for streamline.
verb
(transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
verb
(transitive, by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
verb
(transitive) To modernize.
noun
(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.
Example sentences
They'll sure push to streamline red tape where possible but a near-zero barrier to entry would eat into their profits.
They should invest more to create something similar to Google Now to streamline Google products experience.
Better to streamline the parking restrictions themselves; that would make the signs simpler without hiding anything.
We currently plan to have build bots based on docker as well to streamline build testing.
However, we are working on automating our workflow to streamline the set-up and analysis of our cultures.
See if you can streamline rather than avoid or be frustrated by them.
The key hope in all this is that HoTT will streamline formalised mathematics.
Working on developing platform to streamline patient education with a major hospital.
Software is being used to streamline more and more of our world.
The goal is to streamline the process of working with lawyers while giving founders the choice to work without them, or to work with them in limited ways only, whenever they feel comfortable doing so.
The real answer would be to overhaul the entire system, streamline it, and see that it has proper funding (probably via some hefty application fees).
I would like to streamline something so redundant that I do every day using technology.
Quote examples
Still using docker to streamline deployments though, but one docker container/role per instance, no "orchestration" for containers (baked AMIs, ASGs).
Without fundamentally changing the protocol, we could eliminate a large portion of GPGs configurability, and streamline it to make the "correct" choices.
I know you can use "plant" cannabis in lots of vaporizers that minimize the combustion of vegetable matter but I guess I just assumed that in places where you weren't dependent on black market dealers trying to cut costs and streamline, it would be more about hash oil or candies or any other form with no smoke or at least minimal smoke involved.
We see this as our Tesla roadster (well designed niche product for a market willing to pay, in this case however, desperately in need for a solution that doesn't involve constant shipments of expensive and polluting diesel for loud generators) from which we will streamline and optimize to make our "model 3" so we can produce something to meet and even beat grid prices.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use streamline in a sentence?
They'll sure push to streamline red tape where possible but a near-zero barrier to entry would eat into their profits.
What does streamline mean?
(transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
What part of speech is streamline?
streamline is commonly used as verb, noun.