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drift excursions

drift excursions is the plural of drift excursion.

Meaning of drift excursion

Noun

drift excursion (plural drift excursions)

  1. The movement of something (such as a vehicle, structure, or charged particles) from its intended course or position due to outside forces.
    • A very close approximation to the geographic drift excursion in a resonant gravity field of a 24-hour satellite follows the differential equation of motion, Equation 2, (see also Reference 2) and is, evidently, given by an elliptical integral such as that developed in Appendix E of Reference 3.1966, Carl A. Wagner, The Earth's Longitude Gravity Field as Sensed by the Drift of Three, page 89

Questions about drift excursions

What is drift excursions the plural of?
Drift excursions is the plural of drift excursion.

Words near drift excursions in the dictionary

  1. drift along
  2. drift anchor
  3. drift anchors
  4. drift apart
  5. drift excursion
  6. drift excursions
  7. drift fishing
  8. drift fruit
  9. drift fruits
  10. drift ice
  11. drift meter

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