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• slip|stream — «SLIHP STREEM», noun, verb. –n. 1. Also, slip stream. a current of air produced by the propeller of an aircraft. 2. the current of air left behind a moving vehicle: »Cars that whip by rock your bike a little in their slipstream (Canadian Saturday …   Useful english dictionary

• Slip Stream — Als Slipstreaming bezeichnet man das Integrieren eines oder mehrerer Service Packs, Hotfixes oder Patches in das Installationsmedium einer Windows oder Office CD. Somit wird die direkte Installation einer aktuellen Version der Software ermöglicht …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• slip·stream — /ˈslıpˌstriːm/ noun, pl streams [count] technical : an area of low air pressure that is immediately behind a vehicle that is moving very fast and that other vehicles can ride in to go faster with less effort The motorcycle was riding the truck s… …   Useful english dictionary

• slip stream — [1] A stream of air behind a moving vehicle. [2] A racing technique in which one vehicle tucks in closely behind another (catches a tow). The total aerodynamic drag acting on the two vehicles is actually less than the drag that acts on each… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• stream — See slip stream …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• stream — Synonyms and related words: Brownian movement, X ray, Zeitgeist, abound, abundance, actinic ray, actinism, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, air current, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, angular motion, appear, arise, ascend,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• slip trailing — Ceram. the act of decorating an object with a poured stream of slip. Also called slip tracing. * * * …   Universalium

• slip trailing — Ceram. the act of decorating an object with a poured stream of slip. Also called slip tracing …   Useful english dictionary

• Stream cable — Cable Ca ble (k[=a] b l), n. [F. c[^a]ble, LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. kabel, from the French. See {Capable}.] 1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Commercial Slip — Buffalo s Erie Canal Commercial Slip Spring 2008. Buffalo, New York s Commercial Slip is a recently re excavated and restored portion of the western terminus of the Erie Canal. The Slip was a remnant of Little Buffalo Creek, which flowed into the …   Wikipedia