streamlined

Adjective
US[streem-lahynd]/ˈstrimˌlaɪnd/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. made efficient by stripping off nonessentials“short streamlined meetings”“a streamlined hiring process”Opposite inefficientSimilar efficient
  2. designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow“a streamlined convertible”Synonyms: aerodynamicflowingsleekOpposite roughSimilar smooth
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“streamlined” is listed under Streamline.

Stream′line′ adjective

Of or pert. to a stream line; designating a motion or flow that is free from turbulence, like that of a particle in a streamline; hence, designating a surface, body, etc., that is designed so as to afford an unbroken flow of a fluid about it, esp. when the resistance to flow is the least possible; as, a streamline body for an automobile or airship; — the current usuage prefers the term streamlined.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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