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    stream·line
    /ˈstrēmˌlīn/

    verb

    • 1. design or provide with a form that presents very little resistance to a flow of air or water, increasing speed and ease of movement: "engineers can reduce a vehicle's fuel consumption by reducing its size and weight and by streamlining its body"
    • 2. make (an organization or system) more efficient and effective by employing faster or simpler working methods: "the company streamlined its operations by removing whole layers of management"

    noun

    • 1. a line along which the flow of a moving fluid is least turbulent.

    adjective

    • 1. (of fluid flow) free from turbulence.
    • 2. having a streamlined shape: dated "a streamline airplane"

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  2. to improve the effectiveness of an organization such as a business or government, often by making the way activities are performed simpler: The cost-cutting measures include streamlining administrative procedures in the company. Leading organizations use software to streamline their workflow.

  3. The meaning of STREAMLINE is the path of a particle in a fluid relative to a solid body past which the fluid is moving in smooth flow without turbulence. How to use streamline in a sentence.

  4. to improve the effectiveness of an organization such as a business or government, often by making the way activities are performed simpler: The cost-cutting measures include streamlining administrative procedures in the company. Leading organizations use software to streamline their workflow.

  5. To streamline an organization or process means to make it more efficient by removing unnecessary parts of it.

  6. When you think of streamlining, think of a bunch of streams coming together to form one stream. This word is about taking something complicated with a lot of parts and turning it into a simpler, sleeker thing.

  7. noun. a contour on a body that offers the minimum resistance to a gas or liquid flowing around it. an imaginary line in a fluid such that the tangent at any point indicates the direction of the velocity of a particle of the fluid at that point.

  8. streamline something to give something a smooth, even shape so that it can move quickly and easily through air or water. The cars all have a new streamlined design.

  9. streamline something (business) to make changes to a business or system, in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money The production process is to be streamlined. Thesaurus. See streamline in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: streamline.

  10. STREAMLINE definition: 1. to make an organization or process simpler and more effective: 2. to give a vehicle a smooth…. Learn more.

  11. STREAMLINE meaning: 1 : to design or make (something, such as a boat or car) with a smooth shape which makes motion through water or air easier; 2 : to make (something) simpler, more effective, or more productive.

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