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slipstream definition

slip·stream (-strēm′)

noun

the current of air thrust backward by the spinning propeller of an aircraft; propeller wash

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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