SLIPSTREAM

slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash

(noun) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

slipstream (countable and uncountable, plural slipstreams)

The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence.

(uncountable) A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries.

Verb

slipstream (third-person singular simple present slipstreams, present participle slipstreaming, simple past and past participle slipstreamed)

To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator.

(computing, transitive) To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary