Look up: Drift

1. Drift
   when a pesticide is blown by wind onto nontarget organisms.
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2. Drift
   A design term generally attributed to Gertrude Jekyll. To express a feeling in with plants. The technique is to plant flowers thicker in the center and further apart on the outskirts.
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3. Drift
   The length of the suspension wire between the counterweight bar and the top of the piece to be flown.
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4. Drift
   An archaic term for heterogeneous sediment (presumed to be deposited by drifting icebergs, perhaps in Noah's flood!). Includes and retained in stratified drift, but not in till.
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5. Drift
   Movement of droplets/dust in natural air currents beyond the intended area of application.
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6. Drift
   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.
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7. drift
   [n] - a process of linguistic change over a period of time 2. [n] - the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) 3. [n] - a force that moves something along 4. [n] - something heaped up by the wind or current 5. [n] - a general ...
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8. Drift
   An unexpected change in output under constant load conditions.
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9. Drift
   Small variations in a measured parameter over a period of time
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10. drift
    1. an ocean current's speed of motion. 2. an observed change, usually uncontrolled, in meter performance, meter factor, etc., that occurs over a period of time. v:1. to move slowly out of alignment, off center, or out of register. 2. gauge or measure pipe by means of a mandrel passed through it to ensure the passage of tools, pumps, and so on.
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11. Drift
    Motion of carriers caused by an electric field.orSlow variation of a performance characteristic such as gain, frequency, or power output; for instance, due to temperature or aging.
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12. Drift
    The movement of an aeroplane in a horizontal plane through the influence of a cross-wind. Drift makes necessary the deflection of the longitudinal axis of the aeroplane away from the line of track to be followed. That is to say an aeroplane must be headed slightly towards a beam wind to avoid being drifted off its course.
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13. Drift
    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.
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14. drift
    the variation of the characteristics of a device with time Category: Electrical engineering and energy • the unwanted change of the value of an output signal of a device over a specified period of time when the values of all input signals of the device are kept constant Category: Auto...
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15. Drift
    Drift noun [ From drive ; akin to LG. & Dutch drift a driving, Icelandic drift snowdrift, Danish drift , impulse, drove, herd, pasture, common, German trift pasturage, drove. See Drive .] 1. A driving;...
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16. Drift
    Drift intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Drifted ; present participle & verbal noun Drifting .] 1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; ...
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17. Drift
    Drift transitive verb 1. To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. J. H. Newman. 2. To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand. 3. (Machinery) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
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18. Drift
    Drift adjective That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. Kane. Drift anchor . See Sea anchor , and also Drag sail , under
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19. Drift
    Drift noun 1. (Physics Geology) 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. <...
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20. drift
    Collectively, stream invertebrates (almost wholly the aquatic larval stages of insects) that voluntarily or accidentally leave the substrate to move or float with the current, as well as terrestrial invertebrates that drop into the stream. Also, any detrital material transported in the water current. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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21. drift
    purport noun the pervading meaning or tenor; `caught the general drift of the conversation`
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22. drift
    heading noun a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; `they dug a drift parallel with the vein`
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23. drift
    impetus noun a force that moves something along
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24. drift
    noun something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
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25. drift
    verb be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; `snow drifting several feet high`; `sand drifting like snow`
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