Streamline vs Leverage - What's the difference?
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(physics) A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.
(meteorology) On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.
To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
(by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
To modernise.
A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.
By extension, any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.
(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability of a business to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.
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(business) The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high capacity utilization of a facility.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=April 15
, author=Saj Chowdhury
, title=Norwich 2 - 1 Nott'm Forest
, work=BBC Sport
(transitive, chiefly, US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to take full advantage (of something).
As nouns the difference between streamline and leverage
is that streamline is a line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow while leverage is a force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque.As verbs the difference between streamline and leverage
is that streamline is to design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid while leverage is to use; to exploit; to take full advantage (of something).streamline
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(wikipedia streamline)Noun
(en noun)See also
* streakline * pathlineVerb
(en-verb)Derived terms
* streamlinerAnagrams
* *leverage
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Noun
(en-noun)- A crowbar uses leverage to pry nails out of wood.
- Try using competitors’ prices for leverage in the negotiation.
- Leverage is great until something goes wrong with your investments and you still have to pay your debts.
- Their variable-cost-reducing investments have dramatically increased their leverage .
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