Streamlined

Definition: Streamlined

Streamlined

Adjective

1. Made efficient by stripping off nonessentials; "short streamlined meetings".

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Date "streamlined" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1939. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

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Crosswords: Streamlined

The Streamlined Donkey (1941)

Streamlined Swing (1938)

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Books

• Fun with Streamlined Trains Stencils (reference)

• Nortel Announces Streamlined New Channel Program [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Six Streamlined Trains Cards (reference)

• Streamlined Life-Cycle Assessment (reference)

• Streamlined Steam: Britains 1930s Luxury Expresses (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Karen Voight - Strong & Streamlined (reference)

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Music

• Streamlined Woman (reference)

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High Tech

• 4port USB Streamlined Mini-sizehub for Pc/mac (reference)

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Streamlined buoy and Roberts Radio Current Meter ready for deployment This meter was invented by Elliott B. Roberts It was the first current system to telemeter current information Buoy telemetry was an outgrowth of RAR radio-sono-buoy technology Tests conducted on LESTER JONES. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Preparing a streamlined buoy for planting with Roberts Radio Current Meter Inventor Elliott B. Roberts kneeling next to buoy It was the first current system to telemeter current information Buoy telemetry was an outgrowth of RAR radio-sono-buoy technology Tests conducted on LESTER JONES. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Figure 36. Cros messenger. These messengers were fabricated by the mechanic Jean Cros of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco at the request of Dr. Jean Brouardel. The messengers were very narrow and streamlined and capable of being used with modern equipment. They were probably tested about 1958 aboard the WINNARETTA SINGER. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

This emblem was adopted in 1960. Within the shield are four symbols, representing: Scorpion's streamlined hull design; her nuclear powerplant; the ancient rock-throwing machine known as a "scorpion"; and the stellar constellation Scorpio, the "Scorpion". Credit: NAVY.

Supervisory Naval Architect Morton Gertler directs Instrument Maker Carson W. Caudle in preparing a model of the submarine for further tests at the David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock, Maryland, 1 March 1956. "This new type of submarine hull design was selected from a systematic series of streamlined bodies developed by Mr. Gertler, who also supervised the thorough development testing program that resulted in the hull and appendages as they now exist on the submarine Albacore." (quoted from the original picture caption). Credit: NAVY.

"Crew members of the streamlined submarine USS Pickerel are shown beside a huge lei presented to the officers and men as the submarine docked at Pearl Harbor today, Nov. 4. She was among the first Pearl Harbor based submarines to return from the Korean War Zone." The original photograph was released by 14th Naval District PIO, and is dated 4 November 1950. The sailors are standing on Pickerel's bow, by her sonar dome and jackstaff. Credit: NAVY.

Advertisement for Southern Pacific Railway, showing new streamlined train, interior of dining car, and map of four routes of Southern Pacific. Credit: Library of Congress.

Streamlined train, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Economic History

Denmark

Bureaucratic procedures appear streamlined and transparent. (references)

Uruguay

Laws and procedures regulating foreign investment are transparent and streamlined. (references)

Eritrea

The bureaucratic procedure for establishing an office in Eritrea has been streamlined. (references)

Human Rights

Guatemala

In 1999 the Supreme Court extended the administrative model of the justice centers to include the criminal courts in the capital by creating a new Clerk of Court office, which has streamlined the processing of cases, increased transparency, and improved customer service. (references)

Nicaragua

In November the National Assembly approved a Criminal Procedures Code, which is not expected to enter into effect until November 2002. In 1999 the National Assembly approved a reform of the Public Ministry's office that streamlined the judicial process by separating the defense and the prosecution functions. (references)

Pakistan

In response to this problem, the Anti-Terrorist Act was passed; special antiterrorist courts began operations in 1997. The antiterrorist courts, designed for the speedy punishment of terrorist suspects, have special streamlined procedures; however, due to the continued intimidation of witnesses, police, and judges, the courts initially produced only a handful of convictions. (references)

Political Economy

TAIWAN

The customs procedures have, therefore, been streamlined. (references)

FINLAND

It has streamlined customs procedures and harmonized its practices with those of the EU. (references)

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Customs operations are being restructured and streamlined with the help of U.S. government advisors. (references)

Political Rights

Indonesia

Legislative reforms passed in October established a legislative code of ethics and streamlined the legislative process. (references)

Trade

Cape Verde

Tariffs and Import Taxes: in August 1991, import tariffs were streamlined. (references)

Mauritius

Mauritius operates a relatively streamlined trade regime, although peculiarities remain. (references)

Travel

Canada

The North American Free Trade Agreement facilitates the movement of US and Canadian business travelers across each country's borders through streamlined procedures. (references)

Worker Rights

Panama

It streamlined the accreditation and registration process for unions, and established the minimum size of unions at 40 workers. (references)

Ecuador

The Labor Code streamlined the bargaining process in state enterprises by requiring workers to be represented by only one labor union. (references)

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Expressions using "streamlined": streamlined body ♦ streamlined design. Additional references.

Ending with "streamlined": super-streamlined, ultra-streamlined.

Albanian

i efektshëm (effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, forceful, potent), aerodinamik (aerodynamic). (various references)

Bulgarian 

модернизиран, аеродинамичен (aerodynamic, inswept), приятно закръглена (buxom). (various references)

Chinese 

效率化. (various references)

Czech

aerodynamický (aerodynamic). (various references)

Danish

stroemliniet (aerodynamic, faired), aerodynamisk (aerodynamic, faired). (various references)

Dutch

gestroomlijnd (aerodynamic, faired). (various references)

Esperanto

flulinia. (various references)

French

laminaire, caréné, aérodynamique (streamline). (various references)

German

stromlinienförmig (aerodynamic, faired). (various references)

Greek 

στρογγυλόμακροσ, νεώτατου είδουσ, με στρογγυλέσ γωνίεσ, αεροδυναμικόσ (aerodynamic), αεροδυναμική κατασκευή (aerodynamic, faired), αεροδυναμική γραμμή (streamline). (various references)

Hebrew 

זרים. (various references)

Hungarian

áramvonalas (aerodynamic). (various references)

Italian

aerodinamico (aerodynamic). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

流線型 , 流線形 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

りゅうせ�"けい. (various references)

Korean 

� � 형. (various references)

Manx

strolinnagh. (various references)

Pig Latin

eamlinedstray

Portuguese

carenado (aerodynamic, faired, fairing, shroud, streamlining), aerodinâmica (aerodynamics). (various references)

Russian 

удобообтекаемый, обтекаемый (inswept, streamline). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

aerodinamičan (aerodynamic). (various references)

Spanish

aerodinámico (aerodynamic). (various references)

Turkish

modern (advanced, contemporary, groovy, hip, in the groove, latterday, modern, neoteric, new, up to date), elverişli (adequate, auspicious, convenient, favourable, opportune, practicable, practical, propitious, prosperous, sufficient, suitable, susceptible), şık (alternative, chic, choice, classy, dandyish, dapper, dashing, doggy, dressy, elegant, fashionable, flash, go-go, in the ton, jaunty, mod, nifty, posh, rakish, saucy, sharp, sleek, smart, smooth, smug, snappy, snazzy, spicy, spiffing, spiffy, sporty, stylish, swagger, swanky, swell, swish, thoroughbred, tidy, tonish, trig, up-market), aerodinamik şekilli (streamline), aerodinamik (aerodynamic, aerodynamical, aerodynamics, streamline). (various references)

Ukrainian

обтічний, добре налагоджений. (various references)

Vietnamese 

có dáng thuôn (streamline), được tổ chức hợp lý. (various references)

Misspellings

"Streamlined" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sstreamline, steamline, strealine. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: derailments.

-1 letter: derailment, madrilenes, misaltered, mislearned, misrelated, streamline, tailenders.

-2 letters: alimented, amnestied, antimeres, datelines, demential, dementias, detailers, detainers, diameters, dismantle, dreamiest, elaterids, elaterins, enamelist, entailers, intermale, lamenters, madrilene, materiels, melanites, metalised, misleader, misleared, mislearnt, misrelate, nearliest, resinated, smartened, tailender, terminals, tradesmen, tramlines, treenails.

-3 letters: ailments, aldermen, alieners, aliments, amenders, andesite, antimere, antlered, arenites, arsenide, arsenite.

+1 letter: detrimentals.

+2 letters: credentialism, radioelements.

+3 letters: credentialisms, indemonstrable, metronidazoles.

+4 letters: adrenalectomies, demonstratively, deuteranomalies, electrodynamics, maladministered, maladroitnesses, tatterdemalions.

+5 letters: denumerabilities, departmentalizes, determinableness.