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A line of piping and the associated pumps, valves, and equipment necessary for the transportation of a fluid. Major uses of pipelines are for the transportation of petroleum, water (including sewage), chemicals, foodstuffs, pulverized coal, and gases such as natural gas, steam, and compressed air. Pipelines must be leakproof and must permit the application of whatever pressure is required to force conveyed substances through the lines. Pipe is made of a variety of materials and in diameters from a fraction of an inch up to 30 ft (9 m). Principal materials are steel, wrought and cast iron, concrete, clay products, aluminum, copper, brass, cement and asbestos (called cement-asbestos), plastics, and wood.

Pipe is described as pressure and nonpressure pipe. In many pressure lines, such as long oil and gas lines, pumps force substances through the pipelines at required velocities. Pressure may be developed also by gravity head, as for example in city water mains fed from elevated tanks or reservoirs.

Nonpressure pipe is used for gravity flow where the gradient is nominal and without major irregularities, as in sewer lines, culverts, and certain types of irrigation distribution systems.

Design of pipelines considers such factors as required capacity, internal and external pressures, water- or airtightness, expansion characteristics of the pipe material, chemical activity of the liquid or gas being conveyed, and corrosion.

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A "conceptual" sequential channel in which data, instructions or signals are moved from one point to another. See pipeline processing and graphics pipeline.

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n. in logistics, the channel of support, or a specific portion thereof, by means of which materiel or personnel flow from sources of procurement to their point of use.

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(DOD, NATO) In logistics, the channel of support or a specific portion thereof by means of which materiel or personnel flow from sources of procurement to their point of use.

For a list of words related to pipeline, see:

• Journalism - pipeline: channel for passing information to journalist

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rørledning
v. tr. - lægge rørledninger

idioms:

• in the pipeline    under forberedelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
pijplijn, aanvoerroute

Français (French)
n. - (Tech) oléoduc, pipe-line, (fig) en cours, en route, en chantier
v. tr. - convoyer par oléoduc

idioms:

• in the pipeline    en cours, en route

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pipeline
v. - leiten

idioms:

• in the pipeline    in Vorbereitung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (πετρελαι)αγωγός, (μτφ.) διαδικασία ή οδός διεκπεραίωσης
v. - συνδέω με αγωγούς, φέρω με αγωγούς

idioms:

• in the pipeline    σε εξέλιξη, υπό διεκπεραίωση

Italiano (Italian)
oleodotto

idioms:

• in the pipeline    imminente, in arrivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - oleoduto (m)
v. - canalizar

idioms:

• in the pipeline    estar sendo providenciado

Русский (Russian)
трубопровод

idioms:

• in the pipeline    в проекте

Español (Spanish)
n. - gasoducto, oleoducto, tubería
v. tr. - conducir a través de tuberías, entubar

idioms:

• in the pipeline    en trámite

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rörledning, oljeledning, direktförbindelse, kanal
v. - leda genom rör, lägga rörledning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
管道, 传递途径, 用导管输送

idioms:

• in the pipeline    在进行中, 在处理中, 在生产中, 在运输中

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 管道, 傳遞途徑
v. tr. - 用導管輸送

idioms:

• in the pipeline    在進行中, 在處理中, 在生產中, 在運輸中

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 파이프라인, 경로, 정보통로
v. tr. - 도관으로 보내다, 도관을 달다

idioms:

• in the pipeline    (상품 등이) 발송중인, (계획 등이) 진행중인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 輸送管, パイプライン, 情報ルート
v. - 導管で送る

idioms:

• in the pipeline    発送中で, 進行中で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خط أنابيب أو مواسير, خط أنابيب النفط, وسيله مباشرة لاستقاء الأخبار (فعل) ينقل بخط الأنابيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קו צינורות, צינור מידע, צינור‬
v. tr. - ‮העביר בקו צינורות‬

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