slipstream
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Is slipstream a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (figurative, by extension) A generated advantage which makes forward movement easier.Examples: "The Republicans, who in fact quintessentially represent what I understand to be private and special interests of a narrow economic kind, have nevertheless managed, flying in the slipstream of Ronald Reagan's rhetoric, to look like the true guardians of the nation's public interest."broadlycountablefigurativelyuncountable
2. (aviation) The airflow over a propeller-driven aircraft generated by the motion of its propeller(s).Synonyms: prop washcountableuncountable
3. (uncountable, fiction) A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries.Examples: "Slipstream is not simply a mixture of fantasy and realism, but something which lies between or even beyond the two."uncountable
verb (English)
1. (computing, transitive) To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer.Examples: "You do this by slipstreaming the updates into the distribution folder."; "A better solution is to create a bootable Windows XP installation CD slipstreamed with the current service pack..."; "It is illegal to distribute slipstreamed CDs. In some locales, it may also be illegal to create them."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary