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Streamline vs Speedup - What's the difference?

streamline | speedup |

As nouns the difference between streamline and speedup

is that streamline is (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 while speedup is an amount or rate of decrease in time taken.

As a verb 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.

streamline

English

(wikipedia streamline)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.

    • See also

    * streakline * pathline

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * streamliner

    Anagrams

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    speedup

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amount or rate of decrease in time taken.
  • (chiefly, computing) The relationship between time taken and number of processors used.
  • (labor, politics) an employer's demand for more output without more pay
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