pipeline en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpaɪpˌlaɪn/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From pipe + line.
Meanings
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A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
Meronyms: pipe, piping, pipework
An oil pipeline has been opened from the Caspian Sea.
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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.
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(figuratively) A system or process through which something is conducted.
A bracing Department of Justice lawsuit filed last month against Meridian, Miss[issippi] […] argues that the city’s juvenile justice system has operated a school to prison pipeline that shoves students out of school and into the criminal justice system […]
2012 November 26, Julianne Hing, “The Shocking Details of a Mississippi School-to-Prison Pipeline”, in Colorlines:Scottish rail suppliers have told the Government that they can only reach their target of employing 500 apprentices if they are given a clear pipeline of work, rather than having to endure the current stop-go programme.
2022 December 14, “Network News: A pipeline of work key for apprentices”, in RAIL, number 972, page 17:A new version of the software is in the pipeline, but has not been rolled out.
History education has also been considered as a pipeline that connects learners with 'their roots', thereby imbuing in them an awareness of their identity.
2012, Olivier Nyirubugara, Surfing the Past: Digital Learners in the History Class, page 257: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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(figuratively) A widely observed pattern of development in personal interests, circumstances, or opinions.
But increasingly, the reality TV-to-social-influencer pipeline has dried up. While the majority of contestants on reality TV dating shows like The Bachelor don’t come out meeting their forever love, they previously knew that if they resonated with viewers at home, they would be all but guaranteed hundreds of thousands, or millions of Instagram followers—and a lucrative career as an influencer.
2023 March 23, Mariah Espada, “Reality TV Fame Used to Guarantee a Career as an Instagram Influencer. That’s a Thing of the Past”, in Time:Belew’s book offers a comprehensive history of the military-to-extremism pipeline in America since the Vietnam War, arguing that the ‘potent sense of betrayal’ felt by some white military personnel contributed to the rise of an over-trained and over-armed anti-government militia movement with a distinctly violent racist agenda.
2022, Simon A. Purdue, Race, Gender and Violence on the Transatlantic Extreme Right, 1969–2009, →ISBN, page 17:I recently had a peer reviewer demand that I refer to the so-called “Fortnite to alt-right pipeline” as though games automatically turn players into right-wing extremists.
2021, Marc A. Ouellette, Playing with the Gays: Masculinity and Relations in Video Games, →ISBN, page 214:Many who grew up in foster homes in the county have fallen victim to the foster-care-to-homelessness pipeline.
- (figuratively) A continuous, contributing source of benefits, talent, or innovation.
- The inside of a wave that a surfer is riding, when the wave has started closing over it.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pipelines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
continuous delivery pipeline · pipeliner · metapipeline · in the pipeline · gas pipeline · multipipeline
Descendants
Relateds
Translations (109)
kk құбыр желісі (conduit made of pipes) · el αγωγός (conduit made of pipes) · tr boru hattı (conduit made of pipes) · ur پائِپ لائِن (conduit made of pipes) · hi पाइपलाइन (conduit made of pipes) · fi putki (conduit made of pipes) · uk трубопрові́д (conduit made of pipes) · pl rurociąg (conduit made of pipes) · hy նավթամուղ (conduit made of pipes) · lv naftas vads (conduit made of pipes) · az neft kəməri (conduit made of pipes) · el διοχέτευση (channel by which information is transmitted) · mi ngongo kōhinu (conduit made of pipes) · nl pijpleiding (conduit made of pipes) · cmn 流程 (system through which something is conducted) · kk құбыржол (conduit made of pipes) · uk водопрові́д (conduit made of pipes) · sk potrubie (conduit made of pipes) · lt vamzdynas (conduit made of pipes) · nn røyrleidning (conduit made of pipes) · sv rörledning (conduit made of pipes) · sh плиновод (conduit made of pipes) · cmn 浪管 (inside of a breaking wave) · fi liukuhihna (channel by which information is transmitted) · pt tubo (inside of a breaking wave) · uk конве́єр (channel by which information is transmitted) · ro pipeline (conduit made of pipes) · sh plinovod (conduit made of pipes) · ro conductă (conduit made of pipes) · tg трубопровод (conduit made of pipes) · ja パイプライン (conduit made of pipes) · fr pipeline (conduit made of pipes) · fi liukuhihna (system through which something is conducted) · sh водовод (conduit made of pipes) · ja パイプライン (channel by which information is transmitted) · be трубаправо́д (conduit made of pipes) · da olieledning (conduit made of pipes) · de Pipeline (conduit made of pipes) · lv cauruļvads (conduit made of pipes) · pt duto (conduit made of pipes) · ru разработка (system through which something is conducted) · es tubería (conduit made of pipes) · uk газопрові́д (conduit made of pipes) · bg тунел (inside of a breaking wave) · hy գազամուղ (conduit made of pipes) · ky кубур өткөргүч (conduit made of pipes) · bg тръбопрово́д (conduit made of pipes) · mk цевковод (conduit made of pipes) · ky кубур түтүк (conduit made of pipes) · pt pipeline (channel by which information is transmitted) · ca canonada (conduit made of pipes) · ko 파이프라인 (channel by which information is transmitted) · hu csővezeték (conduit made of pipes) · cmn 管狀波 /管状波 (inside of a breaking wave) · af pyplyn (conduit made of pipes) · fa-ira خَطِّ لولِه (conduit made of pipes) · cmn 管道 (conduit made of pipes) · de Rohrleitung (conduit made of pipes) · be нафтаправо́д (conduit made of pipes) · cmn 流水線 /流水线 (channel by which information is transmitted) · ca oleoducte (conduit made of pipes) · ru трубопрово́д (conduit made of pipes) · ko 배관 (conduit made of pipes) · az qaz kəməri (conduit made of pipes) · es oleoducto (conduit made of pipes) · pt ducto (conduit made of pipes) · cmn 管線 /管线 (conduit made of pipes) · hu -vezeték (conduit made of pipes) · be вадаправо́д (conduit made of pipes) · cmn 渠道 (system through which something is conducted) · lv gāzes vads (conduit made of pipes) · sl cevovod (conduit made of pipes) · el σωλήνωση (channel by which information is transmitted) · ru конве́йер (channel by which information is transmitted) · be газапрово́д (conduit made of pipes) · ka მილსადენი (conduit made of pipes) · fi putkisto (conduit made of pipes) · az boru kəməri (conduit made of pipes) · az su kəməri (conduit made of pipes) · ko 관로 (conduit made of pipes) · bg информацио́нен кана́л (channel by which information is transmitted) · be канве́ер (channel by which information is transmitted) · pl ropociąg (conduit made of pipes) · da rørledning (conduit made of pipes) · ru газопрово́д (conduit made of pipes) · hy խողովակաշար (conduit made of pipes) · cs potrubí (conduit made of pipes) · fi kanava (channel by which information is transmitted) · nb rørledning (conduit made of pipes) · sh цевовод (conduit made of pipes) · ko 파이프라인 (conduit made of pipes) · uk нафтопрові́д (conduit made of pipes) · cmn 輸送管 /输送管 (conduit made of pipes) · ru водопрово́д (conduit made of pipes) · fi johto (conduit made of pipes) · nb ledning (conduit made of pipes) · nl pijplijn (conduit made of pipes) · es hidroducto (conduit made of pipes) · sh vodovod (conduit made of pipes) · fi kanava (inside of a breaking wave) · tg қубурҳои нафтгузар (conduit made of pipes) · ru нефтепрово́д (conduit made of pipes) · fi putki (system through which something is conducted) · ar خَطّ أَنَابِيب (conduit made of pipes) · ky трубопровод (conduit made of pipes) · sh cevovod (conduit made of pipes) · uz truboprovod (conduit made of pipes) · et torujuhe (conduit made of pipes) · hy ջրամուղ (conduit made of pipes)