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driftAdit Ad"it, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, ?aitum, to go to; ad +
ire to go.]
1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly
horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which
water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift
and tunnel.
2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]
Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. --Tennyson. Drift
Drift Drift, n.
1. (Phys. Geog.) 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.
2. (A["e]ronautics) The horizontal component of the pressure
of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying machine.
The lift is the corresponding vertical component, which
sustains the machine in the air.
Drift
Drift Drift, v. t.
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. (Mach.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
Meaning of Drift from wikipedia
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directed by
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- The
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thirteenth solo
studio album by
American singer-songwriter
Scott Walker,
released on 8 May 2006 on 4AD.
Apart from
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Genetic drift, also
known as
random genetic drift,
allelic drift or the
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variant (allele)...
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Drifting is a
driving technique where the
driver intentionally oversteers, with loss of traction,
while maintaining control and
driving the car through...
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Continental drift is the theory,
originating in the
early 20th century, that Earth's
continents move or
drift relative to each
other over
geologic time...
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Drift seeds (also sea beans) and
drift fruits are
seeds and
fruits adapted for long-distance
dispersal by water. Most are
produced by
tropical trees, and...
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