Drift

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Drift may refer to:

  • Drift (linguistics), the variation of speech.
  • Drift (telecommunication), the slow long-term variation of an attribute or value of a system or device.
  • Drift (plasma physics), the motion of the guiding centers of magnetized plasmas' particles.
  • Drift (mining), a nearly horizontal underground tunnel.
  • Drift (geology), rock debris transported and deposited by or from ice, especially by or from a glacier.
  • Drift pin, several kinds of tools used for enlarging or aligning holes.
  • Genetic drift, mechanism of evolution that change the characteristics of species over time.
  • Snow drift, a deposit of snow created by the wind
  • Drifting (motorsport), condition when a car's front wheels are slipping at a different angle from the back wheels; purposefully creating such a condition


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