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English

Noun

a line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow
on a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind

Verb

to design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid
to simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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 fluid about
it, esp. when the resistance to flow is the least possible;
as, a streamline body for an automobile or airship; -- the
current usuage prefers the term streamlined.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, 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 organizations, procedures, or methods. "The
streamlined company became a formidable competitor."
[PJC]

WordNet streamline
v : contour economically or efficiently

Moby Dictionary
air line , axis , beeline , boil down , chord , diagonal , diameter ,
direct line , directrix , distill , edge , great-circle course ,
modernize , narrow , normal , oversimplify , perpendicular , purify ,
radius , radius vector , reduce , reduce to elements , refine ,
right line , secant , segment , shortcut , side , simplify , straight ,
straight course , straight line , straight stretch , straightaway ,
strip down , tangent , transversal , update , vector