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streamline verb [ ˈstriːmlʌɪn ]

• 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"
Similar: aerodynamic, smooth, sleek, trim, elegant, graceful, faired,
• 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"
Similar: efficient, smooth-running, well run, well organized, slick, modernized, up to date, rationalized, simplified, time-saving, labour-saving,
Opposite: inefficient,

streamline noun

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

streamline adjective

• (of fluid flow) free from turbulence.
• having a streamlined shape.
• "a streamline aeroplane"


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