streamlined
AdjectiveUS[streem-lahynd]/ˈstrimˌlaɪnd/2 syllables
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Adjective (2)
- made efficient by stripping off nonessentials“short streamlined meetings”“a streamlined hiring process”Opposite inefficientSimilar efficient
- 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