drift
Drift or drift stands for:
- the deviation from course caused by the wind, see drift
- Drift (linguistics) , slow language change
- in measurement technology, a systematic deviation that changes continuously in one direction
- Drift (communications engineering) , a slow change in the signal path in communications engineering
- a cornering technique , see driving technique # oversteer and understeer
- Drift sport, a form of competition in motorsport
- Drift (crop protection) , the loss of crop protection products during application
- Ice drift , the movement of sea ice in one main direction
- Genetic drift , genetic changes in subsequent generations
- Continental drift , the slow movement of the continents
- Drift in the orbital elements of planets, see secular (astronomy)
- slow micro-movements of the eye, see eye movement #Motion types
- Drifting (film) , Swiss feature film from 2015
Drift is the name of the following places:
- Drift (Cornwall) , place in Cornwall, United Kingdom
- Drift (Kentucky) , location in Kentucky, United States
- Drift Reservoir , artificial lake in Cornwall, United Kingdom
Drift is the family name of:
- Chris van der Drift (* 1986), New Zealand racing driver
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