slipstreaming
Racing behind another
Slipstreaming is the practice of following closely behind a moving vehicle or body to take advantage of reduced air resistance in its wake.
Cyclists and race car drivers slipstream to conserve energy or gain speed: He tucked in behind the leader, slipstreaming until the final lap.
In computing, slipstreaming means integrating updates or patches into an installation file so they install together: I slipstreamed the service pack into the Windows installer.
Main cycling group
Creating technical blueprints
- overtakePass while moving faster
- towPull something behind
- slingshotForked projectile launcher
- NASCARStock car sanctioning body
straightaway · passing · tailgating · nose-to-tail · superspeedway
Creating technical blueprints
- wakePath left in water
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
- dragResistance through fluid
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
vortex · pressure · velocity · laminar · streamlines · Bernoulli · low-pressure
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- economySystem of trade and production
- hypermilingMaximizing vehicle fuel efficiency
- platooningAlternating personnel strategically
- cost-effectiveGiving good return cheaply
peloton
Main cycling group
- pacelineDrafting cyclist formation
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- echelonLevel within hierarchy
breakaway · domestique · bunch · rotating · pull · shelter · windbreak
drafting
Creating technical blueprints
NASCAR · straightaway · passing · tailgating · nose-to-tail · superspeedway
drafting
Creating technical blueprints
turbulence · vortex · pressure · velocity · laminar · streamlines · Bernoulli · low-pressure
optimization
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- economySystem of trade and production
- hypermilingMaximizing vehicle fuel efficiency
- platooningAlternating personnel strategically
- cyclingbikes, bicycles, cycling, cyclist, cyclists
- racing tacticsovertaking, drafting, late braking, racing line, pit strategy
- racing rulesdisqualification, false start, eligibility, penalty points, interference
- tactical drivingJ-turn, handbrake turn, countersteering, power slide, swerving
slipstreamingfrontrunning
Trading ahead of clients
pacemaking · pace-setting · breaking away · pulling · headlining
slipstreamingpioneering
First to explore territory
trailblazing · innovating · pathbreaking · groundbreaking · originality
slip, stream, slipping, streamer, slips, slipped, streamers, streamed, upstream