Align vs. Streamline

Alignverb

(intransitive) To form a line; to fall into line.

Alignverb

(transitive) To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.

Alignverb

To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size.

Alignverb

(intransitive) To identify with or match the behaviour, thoughts, etc of another person.

Alignverb

(bioinformatics) To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA or protein sequences which have regions of similarity.

Alignverb

To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

Alignverb

To form in line; to fall into line.

Alignverb

place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight;

Alignverb

align with; be or come into adjustment

Alignverb

align oneself with a group or a way of thinking

Alignverb

bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation;

Alignverb

place or arrange (things) in a straight line

Alignverb

put (things) into correct or appropriate relative positions

Alignverb

lie in a straight line, or in correct relative positions

Alignverb

give support to (a person, organization, or cause)

Alignverb

come together in agreement or alliance

Streamlinenoun

(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.

Streamlinenoun

(meteorology) On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.

Streamlineverb

(transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.

Streamlineverb

To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.

Streamlineverb

(transitive) To modernise.

Streamlineadjective

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.

Streamlineverb

to design or modify so as to present the least possible resistance to fluid flow; - used mostly of vehicles, such as automobiles, airplanes, or ships.

Streamlineverb

to change so as to make more efficient; - used especially of organizations, procedures, or methods.

Streamlineverb

contour economically or efficiently