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Grammar : Adj
Spell : streem-lahynd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstrimˌlaɪnd


Definition of streamlined

Origin :
  • 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 (n.) + line (n.). The adjective is attested from 1898, "free from turbulence," 1907 in sense of "shaped so that the flow around it is smooth."
  • adj modernized
  • adj sleek
Example sentences :
  • The flat, streamlined bulk of a flying machine, shiny and new.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal Wall » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • That's just streamlined muscle you're looking at, sweetheart!
  • Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz
  • They had to be streamlined to pierce the thick, resisting part of the atmosphere.
  • Extract from : « Space Platform » by Murray Leinster
  • Headings of balance sheets have been streamlined for online viewing.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of London Bridge » by Richard Thompson
  • The compact assembly, streamlined for this purpose, was all ready for the morrow.
  • Extract from : « Star Born » by Andre Norton
  • They were long and streamlined or short and round, or they were curved like gondolas or squat like saucers.
  • Extract from : « Perchance to Dream » by Richard Stockham
  • Their hulls, motor gondolas, in fact, all braces and wires were streamlined so as to offer the least air resistance.
  • Extract from : « Zeppelin » by Harry Vissering
  • They speeded and streamlined the twice-daily milkings, efficiently strained and separated the milk while warm.
  • Extract from : « Frying Pan Farm » by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
  • Modern in some respects, Al had by no means accepted the streamlined age as an unmixed blessing.
  • Extract from : « Double Challenge » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
  • A streamlined bus flashed silver and dwindled to a spot in the distance.
  • Extract from : « Earth Alert! » by Kris Neville

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