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slip·stream
/
ˈslɪpˌstrim
/
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slip
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]
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noun
Also,
slip stream
.
1.
Aeronautics
.
the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller.
Compare
backwash
(
def. 2
)
,
wash
(
def. 31
)
.
2.
the airstream generating reduced air pressure and forward suction directly behind a rapidly moving vehicle.
verb (used without object)
3.
to ride in the slipstream of a fast-moving vehicle.
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fractional volume change of a body due to uniform pressure
force exerted by stretched or compressed spring, which restores it to resting length
maximum deviation of an alternating current from its average value
proportionality between applied force and resulting change in length of a given spring
fractional volume change of a body due to uniform pressure
property of a substance to change form due to force and recover original form upon force's removal
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Origin:
1910–15;
slip
1
+
stream
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slipstream
(ˈslɪpˌstriːm)
—
n
1.
airstream
, Also called:
race
a. the stream of air forced backwards by an aircraft propeller
b. a stream of air behind any moving object
—
vb
2.
motor racing
to follow (another car, etc) closely in order to take advantage of the decreased wind resistance immediately behind it
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