English-German translations for slipstream

• sog
• Sog der
• Windschatten der
  Wir sind im Windschatten der Vereinigten Staaten geblieben. We have been left in the slipstream of the United States.
  Es kann nicht angehen, dass derart weit reichende Befugnisse im Windschatten einer Liberalisierungsmaßnahme gewährt werden. Slipping through these huge powers in the slipstream of a liberalisation measure is quite inappropriate.
  Ich habe den Eindruck, daß auf nationaler Ebene dieser Bereich allzu sehr im Windschatten innenpolitischer Diskussion verharrt. It is my impression that at the national level, this area tends to get lost in the slipstream of debate on domestic policy.

Definition of slipstream

• The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence
• A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries
• To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator
• To incorporate additional software into an existing installer

Examples

• Although dangerous, over-the-road truck drivers sometimes slipstream with each other to save fuel.

Related words

• slipshod
• slipslop
• slipshot