Pipeline

Quick meaning: Pipeline is a noun meaning A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.

Meaning

A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) A system or process through which something is conducted.
2. (figurative) A widely observed pattern of development in personal interests, circumstances, or opinions.
3. (figuratively) A continuous, contributing source of benefits, talent, or innovation.
4. (surfing) The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it.
5. (transitive) To convey by a system of pipes.
6. A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).
7. (computing, transitive) To design (a microchip etc.) so that processing takes place in efficient stages, the output of each stage being fed as input to the next.

Example Sentences

Meronyms: pipe, piping, pipework

3D images are rendered using the graphics pipeline.

An oil pipeline has been opened from the Caspian Sea.

A new version of the software is in the pipeline, but has not been rolled out.

Word Forms

• pipelines
• pipelining
• pipelined

Synonyms for pipeline

Depending on context, synonyms include line, grapevine, word of mouth.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include grapevine, line, word of mouth, pipework, plumbing, conduit.

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