noun🔗ShareA conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc."An oil pipeline has been opened from the Caspian Sea."utilitytechnologyindustrybuildingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA 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."technologycomputingbusinesscommunicationsystemprocesstechnicalindustrymachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA system or process through which something is conducted."A new version of the software is in the pipeline, but has not been rolled out."processsystemindustrybusinesstechnologytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it."The surfer expertly rode the pipeline, feeling the powerful water closing in around them. "sportoceanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo design (a microchip etc.) so that processing takes place in efficient stages, the output of each stage being fed as input to the next."The software engineers pipelined the code for the new app, so each step of the calculation could happen simultaneously, making the whole process much faster. "technologyelectronicscomputingtechnicalmachineprocessindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo convey something by a system of pipes"The factory pipelines the oil from the well to the refinery. "utilitysystemtechnicalindustrytechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo lay a system of pipes through something"The construction crew is pipelining a new water system through the school grounds. "utilitysystemtechnologyindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
