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- Dictionaryslip·stream/ˈslipˌstrēm/
noun
- 1. a current of air or water driven back by a revolving propeller or jet engine.
- 2. an assisting force regarded as drawing something along behind something else: "when the U.S. economy booms, the rest of the world is pulled along in the slipstream"
verb
- 1. (especially in auto racing) follow closely behind another vehicle, travelling in its slipstream and awaiting an opportunity to pass: "he then slipstreamed and overtook me again"
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Slipstream can be a noun meaning a stream of fluid driven by a propeller or an area of reduced air pressure behind a vehicle, or a verb meaning to drive in the slipstream of a vehicle. Learn more about the word history, examples, and related entries.
Slipstream is a noun that means a current of air behind a quickly moving object, such as a car or an aircraft. Learn more about its usage, synonyms, and related words from Cambridge Dictionary.
A slipstream is a region behind a moving object in which a wake of fluid (typically air or water) is moving at velocities comparable to that of 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.
Slipstream is the flow of air behind a fast-moving object, or following someone's example. Learn how to use this word in different contexts with sentences and synonyms from Collins English Dictionary.
Slipstream is a noun that means a current of air behind a quickly moving object, such as a car or an aircraft. Learn how to use this word in sentences, see synonyms and related words, and find translations in different languages.
noun. Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash ( def 2 ), wash ( def 31 ). the airstream generating reduced air pressure and forward suction directly behind a rapidly moving vehicle.
Slipstream is the stream of air behind a vehicle that is moving very fast. Learn how to use this word in sentences and find synonyms and related terms.
