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Noun Concept
Categories: Aerodynamics
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slipstream  airstream  race  backwash  wash
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The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller WordNet 3.0
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The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A slipstream is a region behind a moving object in which a wake of fluid is moving at velocities comparable to that of the moving object, relative to the ambient fluid through which the object is moving. Wikipedia
Pocket of reduced pressure following behind an object moving through a fluid medium. Wikipedia Disambiguation
A flow or current of air. Wiktionary
Flow or current of air. Wiktionary (translation)
The backward flow of water from oars or propeller or breaking waves. Wiktionary
The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence. Wiktionary
The low pressure zone. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
flow
physical phenomenon
FACET OF
aeromechanics
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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slipstream, airstream, race, backwash, wash
Wikipedia
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slipstream
Wikidata
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Slipstream
Wiktionary
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airstream, backwash, slipstream
Wikipedia Redirections
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prop-wash, prop wash, propwash, Slip stream, Slipstreamed, spiral slipstream, spiraling slipstream, Spiralling slipstream

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