streamline
Noun

streamline (plural streamlines)

  1. (physics) 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. (meteorology) On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.
Translations
  • Russian: направле́ние тече́ния
Translations
  • Russian: ли́ния обтека́ния
Verb

streamline (streamlines, present participle streamlining; past and past participle streamlined)

  1. (transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
  2. (transitive, by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
  3. (transitive) To modernise.
Antonyms Related terms Translations
  • Russian: придава́ть обтека́емую фо́рму
Translations Translations
  • Italian: modernizzare
  • Russian: модернизи́ровать



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