streamline flow


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streamline flow

[′strēm‚līn ‚flō]
(fluid mechanics)
Flow of a fluid in which there is no turbulence: particles of the fluid follow well-defined continuous paths, and the flow velocity at a fixed point either remains constant or varies in a regular fashion with time.

streamline flow

The flow of a liquid or gas past a solid body in a manner so that the velocity of the fluid, at every point, does not change with time.
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