streamlined

English

Etymology

From streamline +‎ -ed.

Adjective

streamlined (comparative more streamlined, superlative most streamlined)

1. Designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid, especially by having sleek, graceful lines.

   Synonym: air-smoothed

2. Having been made more simple and straight forward.
   • 2010 September 10, Paul Courson, “New rules proposed for pilot flight time and rest requirements”, in CNN‎:

     Commercial pilots would benefit from streamlined rules on flight time, duty and rest requirements in a proposal being announced Friday by federal regulators.

   • 2019 April 3, Chris Isidore, “Boeing boasted about streamlined approval for the 737 Max. Now it’s cleaning up the mess”, in CNN‎:

     He boasted about how quickly the company had brought the 737 Max to market — and praised the Federal Aviation Administration’s “streamlined” certification process.

Derived terms

• nonstreamlined, non-streamlined
• semi-streamlined
• superstreamlined
• unstreamlined

Translations

designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid; having sleek, graceful lines

Bulgarian: обтекаем (obtekaem), аеродинамичен (aerodinamičen) Estonian: voolujooneline Finnish: virtaviivainen (fi), linjakas French: aérodynamique (fr) Georgian: გარსედინი (garsedini), გარსშემოდენილი (garsšemodenili) German: windschnittig (de) Greek: αεροδυναμικός (el) (aerodynamikós) Hungarian: áramvonalas (hu) Irish: leabhairchruthach Maori: koutata Norwegian: Nynorsk: straumlineforma Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: аеродина̀мичан Roman: aerodinàmičan (sh) Swedish: strömlinjeformad (sv) Ukrainian: аеродинамічний (uk) (aerodynamičnyj), обтічний (obtičnyj)

having been made more simple and straight forward

Bulgarian: опростен (bg) (oprosten), рационализиран (bg) (racionaliziran) Georgian: გამართული (gamartuli), გამარტივებული (gamarṭivebuli), დაჩქარებული (dačkarebuli) Greek: απλοποιημένος (el) (aplopoiiménos) Norwegian: Nynorsk: straumlineforma Swedish: strömlinjeformad (sv)

Verb

streamlined

1. simple past and past participle of streamline

Anagrams

• deliraments, derailments