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• drift — [[t]drɪ̱ft[/t]] ♦♦♦ drifts, drifting, drifted 1) VERB When something drifts somewhere, it is carried there by the movement of wind or water. [V adv/prep] We proceeded to drift on up the river... [V adv/prep] The climbing balloon drifted silently… …   English dictionary

• Stokes drift — For a pure wave motion in fluid dynamics, the Stokes drift velocity is the average velocity when following a specific fluid parcel as it travels with the fluid flow. For instance, a particle floating at the free surface of water waves,… …   Wikipedia

• Longshore drift — (sometimes known as shore drift, LSD or littoral drift) is a geological process by which sediments such as sand or other materials, move along a beach shore.MechanismLongshore drift is the net movement of sand and other fine particles like shell… …   Wikipedia

• Dispersion (water waves) — This article is about dispersion of waves on a water surface. For other forms of dispersion, see Dispersion (disambiguation). In fluid dynamics, dispersion of water waves generally refers to frequency dispersion, which means that waves of… …   Wikipedia

• Sea Drift (Delius) — Sea Drift is among the larger scale musical works by the composer Frederick Delius. Completed in 1903 1904 and first performed in 1906, it is a setting for baritone, chorus and orchestra of words by Walt Whitman. The poem adaptation Sea Drift… …   Wikipedia

• spin|drift — «SPIHN DRIHFT», noun. spray blown or dashed up from the waves: »It…began to blow with furious gusts which angrily tore the small waves of the inland sea into spindrift (Norman Macleod). SYNONYM(S): scud. Also, spoondrift. ╂[originally Scottish… …   Useful english dictionary

• beach drift — the drifting of sediments, esp. marine sediments, in patterns parallel to the contours of a beach, due to the action of waves and currents. Also called littoral drift, longshore drift. * * * …   Universalium

• beach drift — the drifting of sediments, esp. marine sediments, in patterns parallel to the contours of a beach, due to the action of waves and currents. Also called littoral drift, longshore drift …   Useful english dictionary

• littoral drift — /lɪtərəl ˈdrɪft/ (say lituhruhl drift) noun Geology the process by which sand or other material is moved along a shoreline by waves hitting the beach obliquely …  

• longshore drift — noun the process whereby sand and shingle move along a beach shoreline when waves approach the shore at an angle …   Wiktionary

• longshore drift — noun the movement of material along a coast by waves which approach at an angle to the shore but recede directly away from it …   English new terms dictionary