Sekirov Dictionary

pipeline

/ˈpaɪpˌlaɪn/

noun 6
verb 3
forms 3
phrases 1

noun6

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A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
- An oil pipeline has been opened from the Caspian Sea.
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(figurative) A system or process through which something is conducted.
- A new version of the software is in the pipeline, but has not been rolled out.
- April 19 2002, Scott Tobias, AV Club Fightvillehttp://www.avclub.com/articles/fightville,72589/ The gym’s proprietor, “Crazy” Tim Credeur, heads up the Gladiator Academy, which serves as a pipeline for amateur MMA fighters to move up the ranks, though few of them do.
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(figurative) A widely observed pattern of development in personal interests, circumstances, or opinions.
- Many who grew up in foster homes in the county have fallen victim to the foster-care-to-homelessness pipeline.
(figurative) A continuous, contributing source of benefits, talent, or innovation.
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A channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).
- 3D images are rendered using the graphics pipeline.
The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it.

verb3

To convey by a system of pipes.
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.
To lay a system of pipes through.

forms

pipelined · pipelining · pipelines

Phrases with pipeline

in the pipeline
Scheduled to occur in the future.

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