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Definition of streamline in English: streamlineverbˈstriːmlʌɪnˈstrimˌlaɪn [with object]1usually as adjective streamlinedDesign or provide with a form that presents very little resistance to a flow of air or water, increasing speed and ease of movement. streamlined passenger trains Example sentencesExamples - The widely spaced landing gear had tight spats around the wheels and tires and was quite streamlined.
- Another advantage of these floats is that, being thicker based and less streamlined, they do not impact so deeply into the water.
- Its body shape is streamlined, allowing it to slip smoothly and effortlessly through open water.
- Efficient cowling would not only benefit cooling but would also add to streamlining and an increase in overall performance.
- Avoid adverse yaw by allowing the ailerons to streamline when there's no crosswind present.
- They were streamlined, laterally compressed fish with a bony skeleton and thick bony scales.
- It was about half the size of a cruise ship, and as streamlined as the best money could buy.
- A new streamlined windscreen was added along with modified airframe fillets.
- Stretching helps elongate our limbs, making our legs as streamlined as possible.
- This helps develop hand speed and awareness of water speed as well as streamlining at above race speed.
- Towards the end of the war, Barnes Wallis began working on the R.80 airship, deviating from the traditional Zeppelin design by streamlining the craft.
- There is no denying its sleek, streamlined body is a thing of beauty.
- Rigs need to be tough, but streamlined and functional without any unnecessary trappings.
- It was silver and streamlined and while I knew absolutely nothing about cars, it looked expensive.
- Then go back and do it again, but with your arms streamlined overhead (extended body position).
- This will burn more fuel because of the extra drag caused by the rudder and because the aircraft is no longer streamlined.
- Their sleek bodies were long and tall, yet slim and streamlined, their long tails bushy and stylishly curved.
- The boat they are moving is less heavy, more streamlined and floats a lot higher in the water.
- Keeping your body straight in the water, keeping streamlined, will determine how fast you'll go.
- Its body is sleek and streamlined, with muscles especially adapted to give a good forward push in water.
Synonyms aerodynamic smooth, sleek, trim, elegant, graceful technical faired 2Make (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 Example sentencesExamples - So firstly he has stated that disciplinary proceedings will be streamlined and speeded up.
- The program is in good shape theoretically, but it needs to be speeded up and streamlined.
- ‘We want to introduce new efficiencies and streamline the service as much as possible,’ Mr McCarthy said.
- Rearranging the shop floor layout opened up thousands of square feet and streamlined the process.
- We're not people who like to show the joints within the work - everything is sleek and streamlined.
- The game is crying out for one governing body that is both streamlined and fully accountable to the clubs.
- He said he would like to see worldwide aid distribution facilities streamlined, and possibly increased in number.
- Anyway, they all smiled when I showed them the new streamlined, easy to read form.
- Now these two bodies could be streamlined into one committee.
- It has 24 civilian staff and efforts have been made to improve its computer record system to streamline services.
- The focus of this initiative is to streamline hiring processes and increase hiring flexibility.
- Regional and domestic services will be realigned and streamlined to provide an improved and more cost effective service.
- A lot of Taiwanese companies do not even have a basic information system to keep their information flow streamlined.
- The first version of a report is usually further streamlined and even revised in a bid to improve its logic and style.
- Finding a partner who can provide strategic direction and streamline the design process can ensure a positive user experience for your customers.
- The provincial government, meanwhile, says it is undertaking the changes as part of its effort to streamline the health care system.
- In recent years her style has become more sophisticated, elegant and streamlined.
- Along the way he streamlined the process in place to handle borrowed vehicle pickups.
- We have streamlined the way to get your action-packed sports on to the pages as quickly and reliably as possible.
- Year after year producers promise a shorter, more streamlined and somehow more sophisticated program.
Synonyms efficient, smooth-running, well run, well organized, slick modernized, up to date, rationalized, simplified time-saving, labour-saving
noun ˈstriːmlʌɪnˈstrimˌlaɪn A line along which the flow of a moving fluid is least turbulent. Example sentencesExamples - Secondary goals are to place streamlines such that there is coverage in non-critical regions, and to vary the streamline placements and lengths.
- Our new coordinate system is always lined up with the streamlines at each point in the flow.
- Notice that each streamline changes in color as its temperature changes.
- The flow was largely laminar, and the streamlines remained remarkably coherent and showed little deviation during the course of the experiment.
- As the wind progresses up the windward slope of the dune form, streamlines are compressed by the dune body, causing an acceleration of flow towards the crest.
adjectiveˈstriːmlʌɪnˈstrimˌlaɪn 1(of fluid flow) free from turbulence. Example sentencesExamples - Our swimmers do their kicking drills in a streamline position, on their back, and also on their side (with one arm stretched out and the other on their side).
- This streamline position is important to reduce resistance as you push off the wall.
- The downkick continues downward until it reaches its lowest point without the upper body moving out of a streamline position.
- After the entire body is through the hole, maintain your streamline position and flatten out quickly to direct your energy toward the other end.
- The swimmer begins the lap in a streamline position, counting his kicks.
- The arm pull should be somewhat downward to break the torso out of the water vertically and provide for a forward lunge and initial kick which will take the body to its first surface streamline position.
- I think our underwater streamline sprints have had a lot to do with that record.
- Once completely submerged in a streamline position, do three, four or five dolphin kicks, building from about 50 percent to 90 percent effort or more.
2dated Having a streamlined shape. Example sentencesExamples - This shade stood like a boy about 19 years old, with visible leg and arm muscles that weren't huge, but at a size that seemed to make him more streamline.
- Now, still lying on the ground, extend your hands out front, streamline fashion, and lift your head by pressing down on your hands or forearms.
- Let's examine a full-arm cycle starting from a streamline position.
- He is thinking about making sure his streamline position will be long and strong and tight.
- You will go faster during the kick drill and make significant strides toward improving your streamline position flexibility.
- After each kick they hold their hands out in front in the streamline position for either one or two seconds.
- The building on the left is from the ‘decorative’ early period of art deco; on the right is an example from the later, unadorned streamline period.
- It has also been argued that subglacial streamline bedforms (flutes and drumlins) are a product of subglacial deformation.
- The main body was streamline, ending in a rounded point, with something that looked like a long, thick black loop that had been bent around the back and almost reached the point attached at various points.
- He was smartly dressed at this point in time with a suit following the streamline curve of his thighs.
- This engine gave the aircraft sufficient power to enable its streamline shape to be used to its full advantage.
- They were humanoid, just as tall as Cedric, with more streamline physiques.
- The controller has a streamline shape that looks more like a stealth airplane than a game controller.
Definition of streamline in US English: streamlineverbˈstrimˌlaɪnˈstrēmˌlīn [with object]1Design or provide with a form that presents very little resistance to a flow of air or water, increasing speed and ease of movement. streamlined passenger trains Example sentencesExamples - Its body shape is streamlined, allowing it to slip smoothly and effortlessly through open water.
- They were streamlined, laterally compressed fish with a bony skeleton and thick bony scales.
- Towards the end of the war, Barnes Wallis began working on the R.80 airship, deviating from the traditional Zeppelin design by streamlining the craft.
- It was about half the size of a cruise ship, and as streamlined as the best money could buy.
- Rigs need to be tough, but streamlined and functional without any unnecessary trappings.
- Efficient cowling would not only benefit cooling but would also add to streamlining and an increase in overall performance.
- Stretching helps elongate our limbs, making our legs as streamlined as possible.
- Keeping your body straight in the water, keeping streamlined, will determine how fast you'll go.
- Then go back and do it again, but with your arms streamlined overhead (extended body position).
- Its body is sleek and streamlined, with muscles especially adapted to give a good forward push in water.
- The boat they are moving is less heavy, more streamlined and floats a lot higher in the water.
- There is no denying its sleek, streamlined body is a thing of beauty.
- This helps develop hand speed and awareness of water speed as well as streamlining at above race speed.
- The widely spaced landing gear had tight spats around the wheels and tires and was quite streamlined.
- Avoid adverse yaw by allowing the ailerons to streamline when there's no crosswind present.
- This will burn more fuel because of the extra drag caused by the rudder and because the aircraft is no longer streamlined.
- It was silver and streamlined and while I knew absolutely nothing about cars, it looked expensive.
- Another advantage of these floats is that, being thicker based and less streamlined, they do not impact so deeply into the water.
- Their sleek bodies were long and tall, yet slim and streamlined, their long tails bushy and stylishly curved.
- A new streamlined windscreen was added along with modified airframe fillets.
2Make (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 Example sentencesExamples - In recent years her style has become more sophisticated, elegant and streamlined.
- The provincial government, meanwhile, says it is undertaking the changes as part of its effort to streamline the health care system.
- Regional and domestic services will be realigned and streamlined to provide an improved and more cost effective service.
- Year after year producers promise a shorter, more streamlined and somehow more sophisticated program.
- Along the way he streamlined the process in place to handle borrowed vehicle pickups.
- ‘We want to introduce new efficiencies and streamline the service as much as possible,’ Mr McCarthy said.
- A lot of Taiwanese companies do not even have a basic information system to keep their information flow streamlined.
- The first version of a report is usually further streamlined and even revised in a bid to improve its logic and style.
- So firstly he has stated that disciplinary proceedings will be streamlined and speeded up.
- The program is in good shape theoretically, but it needs to be speeded up and streamlined.
- We have streamlined the way to get your action-packed sports on to the pages as quickly and reliably as possible.
- Finding a partner who can provide strategic direction and streamline the design process can ensure a positive user experience for your customers.
- The focus of this initiative is to streamline hiring processes and increase hiring flexibility.
- It has 24 civilian staff and efforts have been made to improve its computer record system to streamline services.
- We're not people who like to show the joints within the work - everything is sleek and streamlined.
- Rearranging the shop floor layout opened up thousands of square feet and streamlined the process.
- Now these two bodies could be streamlined into one committee.
- The game is crying out for one governing body that is both streamlined and fully accountable to the clubs.
- Anyway, they all smiled when I showed them the new streamlined, easy to read form.
- He said he would like to see worldwide aid distribution facilities streamlined, and possibly increased in number.
Synonyms efficient, smooth-running, well run, well organized, slick
nounˈstrimˌlaɪnˈstrēmˌlīn A line along which the flow of a moving fluid is least turbulent. Example sentencesExamples - As the wind progresses up the windward slope of the dune form, streamlines are compressed by the dune body, causing an acceleration of flow towards the crest.
- Our new coordinate system is always lined up with the streamlines at each point in the flow.
- The flow was largely laminar, and the streamlines remained remarkably coherent and showed little deviation during the course of the experiment.
- Notice that each streamline changes in color as its temperature changes.
- Secondary goals are to place streamlines such that there is coverage in non-critical regions, and to vary the streamline placements and lengths.
adjectiveˈstrimˌlaɪnˈstrēmˌlīn 1(of fluid flow) free from turbulence. Example sentencesExamples - Once completely submerged in a streamline position, do three, four or five dolphin kicks, building from about 50 percent to 90 percent effort or more.
- The downkick continues downward until it reaches its lowest point without the upper body moving out of a streamline position.
- Our swimmers do their kicking drills in a streamline position, on their back, and also on their side (with one arm stretched out and the other on their side).
- I think our underwater streamline sprints have had a lot to do with that record.
- After the entire body is through the hole, maintain your streamline position and flatten out quickly to direct your energy toward the other end.
- The swimmer begins the lap in a streamline position, counting his kicks.
- The arm pull should be somewhat downward to break the torso out of the water vertically and provide for a forward lunge and initial kick which will take the body to its first surface streamline position.
- This streamline position is important to reduce resistance as you push off the wall.
2dated Having a streamlined shape. Example sentencesExamples - They were humanoid, just as tall as Cedric, with more streamline physiques.
- The main body was streamline, ending in a rounded point, with something that looked like a long, thick black loop that had been bent around the back and almost reached the point attached at various points.
- Now, still lying on the ground, extend your hands out front, streamline fashion, and lift your head by pressing down on your hands or forearms.
- You will go faster during the kick drill and make significant strides toward improving your streamline position flexibility.
- The building on the left is from the ‘decorative’ early period of art deco; on the right is an example from the later, unadorned streamline period.
- It has also been argued that subglacial streamline bedforms (flutes and drumlins) are a product of subglacial deformation.
- This engine gave the aircraft sufficient power to enable its streamline shape to be used to its full advantage.
- Let's examine a full-arm cycle starting from a streamline position.
- The controller has a streamline shape that looks more like a stealth airplane than a game controller.
- He is thinking about making sure his streamline position will be long and strong and tight.
- After each kick they hold their hands out in front in the streamline position for either one or two seconds.
- He was smartly dressed at this point in time with a suit following the streamline curve of his thighs.
- This shade stood like a boy about 19 years old, with visible leg and arm muscles that weren't huge, but at a size that seemed to make him more streamline.
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