pipeline

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Synonyms: piperine, pipevine, pipe line, pipe-line, pipelike, popeline, lifeline, sideline, timeline, viperine, piline

Antonyms: piperine, pipevine, pipe line, pipe-line, pipelike, popeline, lifeline, sideline, timeline, viperine, piline

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Noun

1. A [[conduit]] made of [[pipe]]s used to [[convey]] [[water]], [[gas]] or [[petroleum]], etc.
2. A [[channel]] (either [[physical]] or [[logical]]) by which [[information]] is [[transmitted]] [[sequentially]] (that is, the first information in is the first information out).
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[system]] or [[process]] through which something is [[conducted]].
4. {{lb|en|figurative}} A widely observed [[pattern]] of [[development]] in personal [[interest]]s, [[circumstance]]s, or [[opinion]]s.
5. {{lb|en|figuratively}} A [[continuous]], [[contributing]] [[source]] of [[benefit]]s, [[talent]], or [[innovation]].
6. {{lb|en|surfing}} The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|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.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To convey by a system of pipes.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To lay a system of pipes through.

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