slipstream
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slipstream
- /ˈslɪp.stɹiːm/
Where it comes from
Compound of slip + stream. Fiction sense coined by cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling in 1989.
noun slipstreams
- The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence. Monza was the seventh race in a row at which Leclerc had out-qualified Vettel. There were extenuating circumstances this time - Vettel did not have a slipstream on his first lap and the farcical end to qualifying prevented him doing another - but a clear pattern is emerging.
- A generated advantage which makes forward movement easier. The Republicans, who in fact quintessentially represent what I understand to be private and special interests of a narrow economic kind, have nevertheless managed, flying in the slipstream of Ronald Reagan's rhetoric, to look like the true guardians of the nation's public interest.
- The relative wind experienced as a result of movement through air.
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The airflow over a propeller-driven aircraft generated by the motion of its propeller(s).
Similar: prop wash
- A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries. Slipstream is not simply a mixture of fantasy and realism, but something which lies between or even beyond the two.
verb slipstreams · slipstreaming · slipstreamed
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To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.
Although dangerous, over-the-road truck drivers sometimes slipstream with each other to save fuel.
Similar: draft
- To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer. You do this by slipstreaming the updates into the distribution folder.
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noun the low pressure zone
| Español | rebufo, cono de aspiración, cono de succión |
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| Français | zone d'aspiration |
| Deutsch | Sog, Windschatten |
noun A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction
| Español | ciencia ficción no convencional, ficción estela |
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verb to take advantage of the suction
| Español | ir a rebufo, andar justo detrás de, estar a la rueda de |
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verb to incorporate additional software
| Español | instalación integradamente |
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Talk about this word "slipstream." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/slipstream. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. slipstream. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/slipstream "slipstream." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/slipstream.Cite this
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title = {slipstream},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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