Literary notes about streamlined (AI summary)
The term "streamlined" is frequently used in literature to evoke a sense of sleek efficiency and modern design. It often describes objects like vehicles, aircraft, and spacecraft, emphasizing their smooth, aerodynamic form and hinting at both aesthetic appeal and functional precision ([1], [2], [3]). At times, the word also extends to metaphorical applications, representing an organization or process refined to its most efficient state, as seen when administrative procedures or systematic structures are portrayed ([4], [5]). Whether depicting raw physical form or abstract efficiency, "streamlined" encapsulates an ideal of minimalism combined with optimized performance ([6], [7]).
- One was small and streamlined, with inadequate landing-rockets clamped to its body and with stubby fins that had no possible utility out of air.
— from Space Tug by Murray Leinster - Federation fighter craft were slim and streamlined, even though the streamlining was of no use whatever in space.
— from Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin - Smooth, streamlined, it was a lovely sight as it stood at the spacefield in the shadow of the great starships.
— from Starman's Quest by Robert Silverberg - The company has streamlined its product.
— from Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' by Andrew Everett Durham - We've streamlined the Agriculture Department by reducing it by more than 1,200 offices.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Bill Clinton - Behind the rear cockpit a strange, unwieldy, double-ended weapon was recessed and streamlined into the fuselage.
— from Two Thousand Miles Below by Charles Willard Diffin - Modern in some respects, Al had by no means accepted the streamlined age as an unmixed blessing.
— from Double Challenge by Jim Kjelgaard
