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語源

From stream +‎ line.

発音

• IPA: /ˈstriːmlaɪn/

名詞

streamline (plural streamlines)

1. (physics) A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.
2. (meteorology) On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.

派生語

参考

• streakline
• pathline

動詞

streamline (third-person singular simple present streamlines, present participle streamlining, simple past and past participle streamlined)

1. (transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
   • 1969, Trains:

     The J's originally were streamlined after the style of the New Haven's 1400- class 4-6-4's and were considered by many to be a handsome locomotive. A program to gradually destreamline the class began in April 1947.

2. (transitive, by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
   • 1980, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, The Food and Drug Administration's Process for Approving New Drugs, page 64:

     The subcommittee concludes FDA should become less involved in the early stages of clinical research by streamlining and uncumbering its regulations governing them.

   • 2013, Liran Tal, Drupal 7 Media:

     This structure organizes and streamlines theme development to create a solid ground for themers (theme developers) to further build and extend, much like in object-oriented programming.

   • 2021 June 8, Jacqui Palumbo, “These innovative designs are tackling taboo health issues for women”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 28 August 2021:

     A non-hormonal birth control capsule that women can insert just before sex. A rape kit that gives victims more agency and streamlines the evidence collection process. An overhauled design for a 150-year-old tool used in postpartum vaginal tearing.

   • 2022 September 21, Emily Cochrane, Lisa Friedman, “Manchin’s Gas Pipeline Deal Irks Both Parties, Snarling Spending Bill”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 5 November 2022:

     Mr. Manchin has insisted that legislation to streamline the permitting of fossil fuel and energy infrastructure projects, including the West Virginia pipeline, be tied to the spending measure, which is expected to keep the government funded through mid-December.

   • 2025 February 6, Rebecca Cairns, “Just 1 in 5 women are employed in this region. Investing in the care economy could change that”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 9 February 2025:

     In 2021, Egypt recategorized nurseries as micro-, small- and medium enterprises (MSMEs), which provides greater business benefits, including tax markdowns, and in 2024, Jordan streamlined the registration process for home-based nurseries, making it simpler to start a child-minding business from home.

   • 2025 March 27, Jessica Glenza, “RFK Jr plans 10,000 job cuts in restructuring of US health department”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 13 July 2025:

     Robert F Kennedy Jr said the nation’s health agencies will cut 10,000 jobs from their 82,000-person workforce – an enormous reduction the US health secretary characterized as streamlining federal bureaucracy amid internal resistance to the administration’s agenda.

3. (transitive) To modernize.

反意語

• destreamline

派生語

関連する語

• streamstyle

アナグラム

• eternalism, martelines, steamliner