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How to pronounce pipeline
Say it like this: /ˈpaɪˌplaɪn/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does pipeline mean?
nounA conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.
“An oil pipeline has been opened from the Caspian Sea.”
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.”
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.”
verbTo 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 convey by a system of pipes.
To lay a system of pipes through.
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