'Streamline' definitions:
Definition of 'streamline'
(from WordNet)
verb
Contour economically or efficiently
Definition of 'Streamline'
From: GCIDE
- Streamline \Stream"line`\, 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'streamline'
From: GCIDE
- streamline \stream"line\, 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. [PJC]
- 2. [Fig.] to change so as to make more efficient; -- used especially of organizations, procedures, or methods. "The streamlined company became a formidable competitor." [PJC]
Synonyms of 'streamline'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air line,
- axis,
- beeline,
- boil down,
- chord,
- diagonal,
- diameter,
- direct line,
- directrix,
- distill,
- edge,
- great-circle course,
- modernize,
- narrow,
- normal,
- oversimplify,
- perpendicular,
- purify,
- radius,
- radius vector,
- reduce,
- reduce to elements,
- refine,
- right line,
- secant,
- segment,
- shortcut,
- side,
- simplify,
- straight,
- straight course,
- straight line,
- straight stretch,
- straightaway,
- strip down,
- tangent,
- transversal,
- update,
- vector