Drift
From Freepedia
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
See also:
- Driftwood
- Continental drift
- Rorke's Drift, site of 1879 battle between British and Zulu forces



