Drift

Drift may refer to:

The effect of wind and water pushing a body (person or thing around) usually in a current. A difference in drift rates becomes an urgent matter in a Man Over Board Event, and a positional drift constantly concerns Navigators and Pilots conning large vessels as well as Aviators conning aircraft world-wide.
Drift, a term used to describe a shallow river crossing in South Africa:
*Pont Drift, on the Limpopo River on the road between South Africa and Botswana.
*Rorke's Drift, the site of 1879 battle between British and Zulu forces.
*Mostert's Drift, near Jonkershoek, on the Eerste River at Stellenbosch.
*Mulder's Drift, near Johannesburg on the road between Krugersdorp and Pretoria.
*Velddrif, a town on the west coast Bergrivier Local Municipality.
*Xuka Drift on the upper reaches of the Mbashe River near Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape.
Drift, Cornwall, a village – Drift Reservoir is nearby
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
Ice drift, drift of sea ice
The condition where a motor vehicle's rear wheels slip at a greater angle than the front wheels; see oversteer.
Intentional use of oversteer, for faster cornering; see Opposite lock
Drifting (motorsport), a sport where drivers intentionally induce oversteer, to be judged on their technique.
Drifting (movie), a japanese film.

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