streamline — stream‧line [ˈstriːmlaɪn] verb [transitive] to make something such as a business or organization work more simply and effectively: • Much has been done to streamline the production process. • The organization has been streamlined to reduce… … Financial and business terms
Streamline — may refer to:*Streamlines, streaklines, and pathlines, in fluid flows. See also: Drag (physics) **Streamliner, any vehicle shaped to be less resistant to air **See also: Process optimization, Optimization (computer science), Rightsizing,… … Wikipedia
process — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ gradual, lengthy, long, slow, time consuming ▪ constant, continuous, ongoing ▪ … Collocations dictionary
process — ▪ I. process pro‧cess 1 [ˈprəʊses ǁ ˈprɑː ] noun 1. [countable] a series of actions taken to perform a particular task or achieve a particular result: • simpler design and manufacturing processes • Industry executives said ABC s plans would slow… … Financial and business terms
streamline — [[t]stri͟ːmlaɪn[/t]] streamlines, streamlining, streamlined VERB To streamline an organization or process means to make it more efficient by removing unnecessary parts of it. [V n] They re making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome… … English dictionary
streamline — UK [ˈstriːmˌlaɪn] / US [ˈstrɪmˌlaɪn] verb [transitive] Word forms streamline : present tense I/you/we/they streamline he/she/it streamlines present participle streamlining past tense streamlined past participle streamlined 1) to improve a… … English 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 — verb Streamline is used with these nouns as the object: ↑management, ↑process, ↑system … Collocations dictionary
streamline — stream|line [ˈstri:mlaın] v [T] 1.) to make something such as a business, organization etc work more simply and effectively ▪ efforts to streamline the production process 2.) to form something into a smooth shape, so that it moves easily through… … Dictionary of contemporary English
streamline — verb (T) 1 to form something into a smooth shape so that it moves easily through the air or water: All these new cars have been aerodynamically streamlined. 2 to make something such as a business, organization etc work more simply and effectively … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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