SLIPSTREAM

Slipstream

A slipstream is a region behind a moving object in which a wake of fluid is moving at velocities comparable to the moving object, relative to the ambient fluid through which the object is moving. The term slipstream also applies to the similar region adjacent to an object with a fluid moving around it. "Slipstreaming" or "drafting" works because of the relative motion of the fluid in the slipstream.

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slipstream

Noun

  1. the low pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence

Verb

  1. To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.
    Although dangerous, over the road truck drivers sometimes slipstream with each other to save fuel.
  2. To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.


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