streamlined

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ser-?

Proto-Indo-European *srew-der.

Proto-Indo-European *srow-mo-s

Proto-Germanic *straumaz

Proto-West Germanic *straum

Old English strēam

Middle English strem

English stream

Proto-Indo-European *līno-der.?

Proto-Germanic *līną

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ

Proto-West Germanic *līnā

Old English līne

Middle English line

English line

English streamline

Old English -ed

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz

Old English -od

Middle English -ed

English -ed

English streamlined

From streamline + -ed.

Pronunciation

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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.

   Synonyms: air-smoothed, sleek

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^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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 — see also profiled

• 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
• Māori: koutata
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: straumlineforma

• Polish: aerodynamiczny (pl), opływowy (pl)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аеродина̀мичан

  Latin: aerodinàmičan (sh)

• Spanish: fluidodinamizado, aerodinamizado (es), hidrodinamizado
• Swedish: strömlinjeformad (sv)
• Ukrainian: аеродинамічний (uk) (aerodynamičnyj), обтічний (obtičnyj)

having been made more simple and straight forward — see also simplified,‎ rationalized,‎ optimized

• Bulgarian: опростен (bg) (oprosten), рационализиран (bg) (racionaliziran)
• Georgian: გამართული (gamartuli), გამარტივებული (gamarṭivebuli), დაჩქარებული (dačkarebuli)
• Greek: απλοποιημένος (el) (aplopoiiménos)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: straumlineforma

• Polish: uproszczony
• Spanish: agilizado (es), eficientado, eficientizado
• Swedish: strömlinjeformad (sv)

Verb

streamlined

1. simple past and past participle of streamline

Anagrams

• deliraments, derailments