pipeline

A long pipe, especially one used for the conveyance of water, gas, or petroleum products.

A channel by which information is privately transmitted.

A system through which something is conducted, especially as a means of supply.

To convey by or as if by a system of pipes.

To lay a system of pipes through.

A line of pipe with pumping machinery and apparatus for conveying liquids, gases, or finely divided solids, such as petroleum or natural gas, between distant points.

fig. an information channel direct from the source.

the set of stages and processes from the invention or design of a product to its ultimate use, production, or commercial sale. Used commonly in the phrase in the pipeline, i. e. still in preparation or under development.

a conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc

a channel (either physical or logical) by which information is transmitted sequentially (that is, the first information in is the first information out).