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slipstream

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Noun

  1. The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence.
  2. A generated advantage which makes forward movement easier.
  3. The relative wind experienced as a result of movement through air.
  4. The airflow over a propeller-driven aircraft generated by the motion of its propeller(s).
  5. A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries.

Verb

  1. To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.
  2. To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.

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