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• Streamline Moderne — Streamline Moderne, sometimes referred to by either name alone, was a late branch of the Art Deco design style. Its architectural style emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements (such as railings and… …   Wikipedia

• 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 — {{11}}streamline (n.) 1868, line drawn from point to point, so that its direction is everywhere that of the motion of the fluid [Lamb, Hydrodynamics, 1906], from STREAM (Cf. stream) (n.) + LINE (Cf. line) (n.). The adjective is attested from 1898 …   Etymology dictionary

• motion picture, history of the — Introduction       history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins       The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …   Universalium

• 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 — /ˈstrimlaɪn/ (say streemluyn) noun 1. a contour on a body, especially a motor vehicle, designed to minimise resistance to the fluid medium through which the body passes, and so increase its speed and stability. 2. Physics a line of motion in a… …  

• streamline — v. & n. v.tr. 1 give (a vehicle etc.) the form which presents the least resistance to motion. 2 make (an organization, process, etc.) simple or more efficient or better organized. n. 1 the natural course of water or air currents. 2 (often… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 flow — /ˌstrimlaɪn ˈfloʊ/ (say .streemluyn floh) noun a type of fluid flow in which the motion of the fluid is such that continuous streamlines can be drawn through the whole length of its course at any instant …  

• Dean number — The Dean number is a dimensionless group in fluid mechanics, which occurs in the study of flow in curved pipes and channels. It is named after the British scientist W. R. Dean, who studied such flows in the 1920s (Dean, 1927, 1928). Definition… …   Wikipedia