Definition of Driftage

1. Noun. The deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting.

Category relationships: Aircraft
Generic synonyms: Departure, Deviation, Difference, Divergence
Derivative terms: Drift

Definition of Driftage

1. n. Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.

Definition of Driftage

1. Noun. Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway. ¹

2. Noun. Anything that drifts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Driftage

1. the act of drifting [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Driftage

drift away
drift cyclotron loss cone instabilities
drift feeder
drift ice
drift line
drift motion
drift movements
drift net
drift off
drift pumping
drift space
drift spaces
drift surface
drift velocity
drift wave
driftage (current term)
driftages
driftbolt
driftbolts
drifted
drifter
drifters
driftfish
driftier
driftiest
drifting
drifting(a)
driftingly
driftless
driftnet

Literary usage of Driftage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1883)
"All of these, except those at Wicklow and Greystones, arc unsatisfactory on account of the driftage of the beaches, in addition to which there is at ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1876)
"The driftage due to wind-waves only occurs during gales, and even then is only due to the waves that break ou the shores. 4th. ..."

3. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1879)
"... has studied the subject very carefully on a portion of the Irish coast, and submits the following conclusions: first, the driftage due to the incoming ..."

4. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1876)
"The driftage due to the incoming tidal currents is always, ... To prevent the tidal driftage, groins or piers should be erected: a»l ' the pier is to form a ..."

5. Transactions (1880)
"Those who have studied the driftage on this coast must be aware that the main ... From the Dogger-bank the driftage seems to be northeastward to the ..."

6. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1888)
"Not only is it a good reason in itself, at least to the extent of excluding driftage as a valid explanation, but Gresley himself makes no attempt to render ..."

7. Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland by Royal Geological Society of Ireland (1877)
"On the east coast the flow-tide current, in general, acts independently of, or contrary to, both the wind and the wind-wave driftage ; for instance, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Driftage on Dictionary.com!Search for Driftage on Thesaurus.com!Search for Driftage on Google!Search for Driftage on Wikipedia!

Search