slipstream
IPA: sɫˈɪpstrim
noun
- The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence.
- (figurative, by extension) A generated advantage which makes forward movement easier.
- (uncountable, fiction) A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries.
verb
- To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.
- (computing, transitive) To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.
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Examples of "slipstream" in Sentences
- Slipstream is a female Decepticon jet in this game.
- In this release they included the figure Slipstream.
- She cites the genre Slipstream as highly influential.
- The rider behind enjoys the slipstream of the rider in front.
- The spiral slipstream can also roll the aircraft to the right.
- Even notice the article on slipstream it gives the same concept.
- Programs such as Nlite that will help you slipstream the drivers.
- Slipstream falls between speculative fiction and mainstream fiction.
- But this time it flew silent, with anxiety hitched in its slipstream.
- It features a completely open cockpit with the pilot exposed to the slipstream.
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