Meaning

2 senses
  1. A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.

    направле́ние тече́нияnapravlénije tečénija, ли́ния обтека́нияlínija obtekánija, ли́ния пото́каlínija potóka

  2. On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. The manufacturing process has been streamlined.

    deDer Herstellungsprozess wurde optimiert. — hjoest

  2. Tom is constantly streamlining his business plan.

  3. From now on I want to attempt to streamline management.

  4. Let's see whether we can streamline the process by involving fewer agencies.

  5. Algeria could streamline its regulations and procedures to make them more straightforward and transparent.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid:
meteorology: line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of the wind:

Forms

plural: streamlines
Singularstreamline
Pluralstreamlines

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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