streamline

/ˈstriːmlaɪn/

streamline noun: a line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.

Noun

streamline (plural streamlines)

A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.
On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.

Verb

streamline (third-person singular simple present streamlines, present participle streamlining, simple past and past participle streamlined)

(transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
- The J's originally were streamlined after the style of the New Haven's 1400- class 4-6-4's and were considered by many to be a handsome locomotive. A program to gradually destreamline the class began in April 1947.1969, Trains
(broadly, transitive) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
- The subcommittee concludes FDA should become less involved in the early stages of clinical research by streamlining and uncumbering its regulations governing them.1980, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, The Food and Drug Administration's Process for Approving New Drugs, page...
- This structure organizes and streamlines theme development to create a solid ground for themers (theme developers) to further build and extend, much like in object-oriented programming.2013, Liran Tal, Drupal 7 Media
(transitive) To modernize.

streamline meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Vietnamese

streamline in Tamil

சீரமைப்பு செய், சீராக்கு

streamline in Bengali

গতিশীল করা, সহজতর করা

streamline in Vietnamese

meteorology: line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of the wind: đường dòng
line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid: đường dòng
to simplify a process: tinh giản
to modernise: hiện đại hoá

Examples of streamline in a sentence

This approach streamlines the order fulfillment process by consolidating tasks and reducing repetitive actions.
Cleanliness and light are present: Art Deco streamlining replaces Edwardian overdecoration.
Thus the torpedoes will have to be stored internally or be podded into streamline containers.

All 16 example sentences with streamline

Antonyms of streamline

destreamline

Forms of streamline

Noun
plural	streamlines
Verb
third-person singular present	streamlines
present participle	streamlining
past participle	streamlined
past	streamlined

Past tense of streamline: streamlined

Plural of streamline: streamlines

Origin of streamline

From stream + line.

Words formed from streamline

Questions about streamline

What does streamline mean?: Streamline means a line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.
What is streamline in Tamil?: Streamline in Tamil is சீரமைப்பு செய், சீராக்கு. See Streamline meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is streamline?: Streamline can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce streamline?: Streamline is pronounced /ˈstriːmlaɪn/.
What is the plural of streamline?: The plural of streamline is streamlines.

Words near streamline in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: streamline (page history and authors); streamline (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); streamline (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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