Noun: pipeline 'pIp,lIn
- A pipe used to transport liquids or gases
"a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport";
- line
- The process being of being developed or delivered
"new projects in the pipeline"
- Gossip spread by spoken communication
"News of their engagement travelled through the pipeline";
- grapevine, word of mouth
- (computing) a series of modules used in sequence to process information
"The data processing pipeline efficiently handled the incoming streams"
- Convey by a system of pipes
"They planned to pipeline the oil from the drilling site to the refinery"
Derived forms: pipelined, pipelines, pipelining
Type of: comment, goss [Brit, informal], gossip, pipage, pipe, piping, scuttlebutt [N. Amer, informal]
Encyclopedia: Pipeline, Nairobi