Slipstream

Quick meaning: Slipstream is a noun meaning The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence.

Meaning

The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence.

More Meanings

1. (figurative, by extension) A generated advantage which makes forward movement easier.
2. The relative wind experienced as a result of movement through air.
3. (aviation) The airflow over a propeller-driven aircraft generated by the motion of its propeller(s).
4. (uncountable, fiction) A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries.
5. To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.
6. (computing, transitive) To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.

Example Sentences

You do this by slipstreaming the updates into the distribution folder.

Although dangerous, over-the-road truck drivers sometimes slipstream with each other to save fuel.

It is illegal to distribute slipstreamed CDs. In some locales, it may also be illegal to create them.

A better solution is to create a bootable Windows XP installation CD slipstreamed with the current service pack.

Word Forms

• slipstreams
• slipstreaming
• slipstreamed

Synonyms for slipstream

Depending on context, synonyms include draft, race, wash, backwash, airstream.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include airstream, backwash, wash, race, slipstreamer, slip.

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