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streamline

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

  2. On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.

verb
  1. To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.

  2. (by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.

  3. To modernise.

Antonymsdestreamline

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