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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.
On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.
verb
To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
(by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
To modernise.
Antonymsdestreamline
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