pipeline
A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etcA conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
» Building new pipelines can take years.
Meaning
6 sensesA conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
Meronyms: pipe, piping, pipework
An oil pipeline has been opened from the Caspian Sea.
Pipeline, Rohrleitung
трубопрово́дtruboprovód, нефтепрово́дnefteprovód, газопрово́дgazoprovód
трубопрові́дtruboprovíd, нафтопрові́дnaftoprovíd, газопрові́дhazoprovíd
A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).
3D images are rendered using the graphics pipeline.
конве́йерkonvéjjer
конве́єрkonvéjer
(figuratively)A system or process through which something is conducted.
A new version of the software is in the pipeline, but has not been rolled out.
разработкаrazrabotka
(figuratively)A widely observed pattern of development in personal interests, circumstances, or opinions.
Many who grew up in foster homes in the county have fallen victim to the foster-care-to-homelessness pipeline.
(figuratively)A continuous, contributing source of benefits, talent, or innovation.
The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it.
- a pipe used to transport liquids or gases
- gossip spread by spoken communication
Examples
25 sentencesBuilding new pipelines can take years.
It's all about the natural gas pipelines.
Algeria transports gas to Europe through pipelines.
Russia needs to fix the sabotaged pipelines.
Building a new pipeline can take many years.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From pipe + line.From pipe + line.
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Forms
plural: pipelinesSynonyms
3 synonyms- a pipe used to transport liquids or gases:line
- gossip spread by spoken communication:grapevineword of mouth