slipstream

slipstream
/slip"streem'/, n. Also, slip stream.
1. Aeron. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Cf. backwash (def. 2), wash (def. 35).
2. the airstream generating reduced air pressure and forward suction directly behind a rapidly moving vehicle.
v.i.
3. to ride in the slipstream of a fast-moving vehicle.
[1910-15; SLIP1 + STREAM]

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