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• Streamline — Stream line , a. Of or pert. to a stream line; designating a motion or flow that is free from turbulence, like that of a particle in a streamline; hence, designating a surface, body, etc., that is designed so as to afford an unbroken flow of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• streamline — stream line, v. t. 1. to design or modify so as to present the least possible resistance to fluid flow; used mostly of vehicles, such as automobiles, airplanes, or ships. [PJC] 2. [Fig.] to change so as to make more efficient; used especially of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• streamline — ► VERB 1) design or form in a way that presents very little resistance to a flow of air or water. 2) make (an organization or system) more efficient by employing faster or simpler working methods …   English terms dictionary

• streamline — A shape or design calculated to decrease wind resistance, particularly in reference to aircraft, motor vehicles, railroad cars, and watercraft. Streamline in the planning of bodies of airplanes, boats, automobiles, and railroad cars, is a design… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• streamline — I. noun Date: 1868 1. the path of a particle in a fluid relative to a solid body past which the fluid is moving in smooth flow without turbulence 2. a. a contour designed to minimize resistance to motion through a fluid (as air) b. a smooth or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• streamline — 1. noun a) A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow. b) On a weather chart, a …   Wiktionary

• streamline — /streem luyn /, n., v., streamlined, streamlining. adj. n. 1. a teardrop line of contour offering the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, etc. 2. the path of a particle that is flowing steadily and without turbulence in a fluid… …   Universalium

• streamline — verb 1》 [usu. as adjective streamlined] design or provide with a form that presents very little resistance to a flow of air or water. 2》 make (an organization or system) more efficient by employing faster or simpler working methods. noun a line… …   English new terms dictionary

• Manning formula — The Manning formula, known also as the Gauckler–Manning formula, or Gauckler–Manning–Strickler formula in Europe, is an empirical formula for open channel flow, or free surface flow driven by gravity. It was first presented by the French engineer …   Wikipedia

• streamlined — Streamline Stream line , a. Of or pert. to a stream line; designating a motion or flow that is free from turbulence, like that of a particle in a streamline; hence, designating a surface, body, etc., that is designed so as to afford an unbroken… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter. Cf. fluid dynamics. [1940 45] * * * Study of the effects of forces and energy on liquids and gases. One branch of the field, hydrostatics, deals with fluids at… …   Universalium