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- A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting
- The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice
- The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes
- A horizontal passage in a mine
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven
- The material left behind by the retreat of continental glaciers, which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys
It is there seen that at a distance from the valleys of streams, the old glacial drift usually comes to the surface, and often rises into considerable eminences.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting
- To move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc
The balloon was drifting in the breeze.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse
- A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel
- To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel
This car tends to drift left at high speeds.
- A place, also known as a ford, along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit oxen or sheep to be driven to the opposite side
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along
- A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework
- In South Africa, a ford in a river
- Anything driven at random
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle
- To move haphazardly without any destination
He drifted from town to town, never settling down.
- To drift somewhere means to move there slowly or gradually. As rural factories shed labour, people drift towards the cities
- {v} to throw on heaps, float, drive along
- That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
- One of the slower movements of oceanic circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind; as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific
- a force that moves something along
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"
- Slow variation of a performance characteristic such as gain, frequency or power output May be due to, for instance, temperature or ageing Usually only significant when measuring low-level signals (a few millivolts) over long periods of time, or in difficult environmental conditions
- Any change in output over a period of time, which change is not a function of the pressure being measured See Stability
- The ability of a switch to transfer at the same operating point or transducer to reproduce output readings when the same measured value is applied to it over many operations, under the same conditions, and in the same direction (long time duration) May also be applicable to changes in characteristics with known changes in conditions
- A change of a reading or a set point value over long periods due to several factors including change in ambient temperature, time, and line voltage
- To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts
- A horizontal passage underground A drift follows the vein, as distinguished from a crosscut that intersects it, or a level or gallery, which may do either
- A loss of threshold tuning stability caused by temperature change, battery condition, ground mineral content or detector design
- A comparatively long-term change in an attribute or value of a system or equipment operational parameter (188) Note 1: The drift should be characterized, such as "diurnal frequency drift" and "output level drift " Note 2: Drift is usually undesirable and unidirectional, but may be bidirectional, cyclic, or of such long-term duration and low excursion rate as to be negligible
- A driving; a violent movement
- The horizontal component of the pressure of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying machine
- A change in output over time due to temperature or bias variations
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earths surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like
- The angle which the line of a ships motion makes with the meridian, in drifting
- cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream"
- vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher
- Change in the output voltage of a power supply over a specified period of time All other operating parameters (load, line, etc ) are assumed to be held constant Often specified as starting after a warm-up period
- {f} float along with the current; wash away, carry away
- something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
- wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
- The angle between the heading (bearing) and the track (course) made good
- To be carried along by or as by currents of air or water To vary from or oscillate randomly about a fixed setting, position, or mode of operation To move leisurely or sporadically from place to place
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc
- If sounds drift somewhere, they can be heard but they are not very loud. Cool summer dance sounds are drifting from the stereo indoors
- If someone or something drifts into a situation, they get into that situation in a way that is not planned or controlled. We need to offer young people drifting into crime an alternative set of values There is a general sense that the country and economy alike are drifting
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- Rock debris deposited by natural agents, specifically a deposit of clay, sand, gravel and boulders transported by a glacier or by running water from a glacier "Older drift" is the term used to describe drift deposited by glaciers prior to the Wisconsonian glaciation
- The linear (first-order) component of a systematic change in frequency of an oscillator over time Drift is due to aging plus changes in the environment and other factors external to the oscillator (see aging)
- Glacial deposits laid down directly by glaciers or laid down in lakes, ocean, or streams as result of glacial activity
- disapproval If you say that someone drifts around, you mean that they travel from place to place without a plan or settled way of life. You've been drifting from job to job without any real commitment
- The drift of an argument or speech is the general point that is being made in it. Grace was beginning to get his drift = gist
- A drift is a movement away from somewhere or something, or a movement towards somewhere or something different. the drift towards the cities
- drift ice
- One or more floating slabs of ice which have become detached from larger sheets or shoreline glaciers and which are moved by wind or sea currents
- drift net
- A very long fishing net, supported by floats, that drifts with the current behind a fishing boat
- drift off
- to lose concentration
- drift off
- To fall asleep
He went to sleep, lying there under a wing of his plane, and presently Bland himself drifted off into dreams.
- drift space
- The space in an electron tube in which there is no modulated field
- drift away
- Lose personal contact over time; "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married.". (synonym) drift apart
- drift anchor
- {i} drogue, device used to hold a ship in one place while at sea, sea anchor
- drift apart
- lose personal contact over time; "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married
- drift apart
- get carried along, grow apart, get further away from, stay at a distance
- drift away
- lose personal contact over time; "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married"
- drift ice
- {i} floating ice, masses of ice that float in the open sea
- drift ice
- masses of ice floating in the open sea
- drift into
- be swept into, float into, wander into, happen upon
- drift net
- A large fishing net buoyed up by floats that is carried along with the current or tide
- drift net
- a large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current
- drift off
- float away on water; fall asleep; slip away into a day dream or a reverie
- drift off
- If you drift off to sleep, you gradually fall asleep. It was only when he finally drifted off to sleep that the headaches eased
- drift off
- change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures"
- continental drift
- the slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics
- drifting
- Having the property of moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces
The drifting seaweed went where ever the currents pushed it.
- genetic drift
- An overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population, due to random fluctuations in the frequencies of individual alleles of the genes
- get the drift
- To understand, at least at some basic or general level
I don't really read French, but I can often guess enough to get the drift.
- glacial drift
- An accumulation of earth and rock which have been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs
- instinctive drift
- the tendency of an organism to revert to instinctive behaviors that can interfere with the conditioned response
- longshore drift
- the process whereby sand and shingle move along a beach shoreline when waves approach the shore at an angle
- snow drift
- An accumulation of snow caused by wind currents, typically much deeper and higher than the depth of snow that fell directly
Back in my day, we had to walk to school twenty miles through six feet of snow with fifty foot snow drifts, barefoot, uphill. Both ways.
- do you catch my drift
- (deyim) Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?
So her momma steps in and things got out of control... do you catch my drift?.
- get the drift
- (deyim) Understand the intention, understand the point being made
- base drift
- unplanned decrease of the money supply
- catch my drift
- understand what I am saying, understand my point
- continental drift
- Continental drift is the slow movement of the Earth's continents towards and away from each other. The movement, formation, or re-formation of continents described by the theory of plate tectonics. the very slow movement of the continents across the Earth's surface. Large-scale movements of continents over the course of geologic time. The first complete theory of continental drift was proposed in 1912 by Alfred Wegener, who postulated that a single supercontinent, which he called Pangaea, fragmented late in the Triassic Period (248-206 million years ago) and the parts began to move away from one another. He pointed to the similarity of rock strata in the Americas and Africa as evidence to support his hypothesis. Wegener's ideas were widely rejected until they were combined with Harry H. Hess's seafloor spreading hypothesis in the 1960s. The modern theory states that the Americas were joined with Europe and Africa until 190 million years ago, when they split apart along what is now the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Subsequent tectonic plate movements brought the continents to their present positions
- continental drift
- {i} gradual movement and formation of the continents across the surface of earth through geological time
- continental drift
- the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics)
- drifted
- Simple past and past participle of drift
- drifting
- aimless wandering from place to place
- drifting
- afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm the boats were adrift"
- drifting
- Present participle of drift
- drifting
- {s} floating on the surface of a lake or sea or other body of water; changing successively especially from one dwelling place or occupation to another
- drifting
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
- drifts
- plural of , drift
- drifts
- Normally used when referring to snow or sand particles are deposited behind obstacles or irregularities of the surface or driven into piles by the wind
- drifts
- third-person singular of drift
- drifts
- Normally used when referring to snow or sand, particles are deposited behind obstacles or irregularities of the surface or driven into piles by the wind
- genetic drift
- Genes are inherently digital, in that an individual has an integer number of copies of each gene, and its children inherit an integer number of them That is, an individual cannot have half a gene While fitness may play a part in how many children inherit how many copies of a gene, in each individual child there is a large element of chance Genetic drift is where random (i e not related to fitness) fluctuations in the genetic material in the population occur and lead to macroscopic changes to the population Naturally genetic drift is more important in smaller rather than larger populations
- genetic drift
- Variation in allele frequencies between generations Drift tends to be more pronounced where high inbreeding occurs and population size is relatively small
- genetic drift
- Random fluctuations in gene frequencies, most evident in small populations
- genetic drift
- Refers to the constant tendency of genes to evolve even in the absence of selective forces Genetic drift is fueled by spontaneous neutral mutations that disappear or become fixed in a population at random Inbred lines separated from a common ancestral pair can drift rapidly apart from each other
- genetic drift
- Genetic change based on random changes within a species’ gene pool; includes fission and the founder effect, and gamete sampling
- genetic drift
- Random changes in gene frequency within a population resulting from sampling effects rather than natural selection, and hence of greatest importance in small populations
- genetic drift
- Random fluctuations in the frequency of the appearance of a gene in a small isolated population, presumably owing to chance rather than natural selection. Change in the pool of genes of a small population that takes place strictly by chance. Genetic drift can result in genetic traits being lost from a population or becoming widespread in a population without respect to the survival or reproductive value of the gene pairs (alleles) involved. A random statistical effect, genetic drift can occur only in small, isolated populations in which the gene pool is small enough that chance events can change its makeup substantially. In larger populations, any specific allele is carried by so many individuals that it is almost certain to be transmitted by some of them unless it is biologically unfavourable
- genetic drift
- A change of gene frequencies within a population over time
- genetic drift
- change in gene frequencies in a small populations a result of each generation being unrepresentative of its parents
- genetic drift
- describes an accidental change in genetic structure which may result in a loss of alleles and thus in genetic variation The rarer an allele, the more likely its disappearance by genetic drift
- genetic drift
- Allele frequency changes in populations caused by random events rather than by natural selection, especially the effects of sampling error on the gene pool of small populations
- got his drift
- understood his intention, understood the point he was making
- got the drift
- understood the intention, understood the point being made
- littoral drift
- The material moved in the littoral zone under the influence of waves and currents
- littoral drift
- (1) The sedimentary material moved in the littoral zone under the influence of waves and currents (2) (SMP) The mud, sand, or gravel material moved parallel to the shoreline in the nearshore zone by waves and currents
- littoral drift
- The process by which sand is constantly carried along Florida's coasts by wave action
- littoral drift
- The sediment that is transported by waves and currents through beach drift and longshore drift along coastal areas
- littoral drift
- The movement of beach material in the littoral zone by waves and currents Includes movement parallel (long shore drift) and sometimes also perpendicular (cross-shore transport) to the shore
- star drift
- -- ##?? = star streaming?
- star drift
- Similar and probably related motion of the stars of an asterism, as distinguished from apparent change of place due to solar motion