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Definition of Side-slip
1. Verb. Slide sideways through the air in a downward direction in an airplane along an inclined lateral axis.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Side-slip
Literary usage of Side-slip
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horseless Age (1904)
"Causes and Prevention of Side-Slip. The following memorandum on the causes of
side-slip has been prepared by a committee of the Roads Improvement ..."
2. The Motor Book by R. J. Mecredy (1903)
"SIDE SLIP Side slip, as already mentioned, is absolutely the most serious danger
that the beginner has to face. The class of mud on which a motor car slips ..."
3. Automobile Driving Self-taught: An Exhaustive Treatise on the Operation by Thomas Herbert Russell (1909)
"Of course, the greatest tendency to side-slip occurs when the car is being driven
round a ... To avoid side-slip our novice may take certain precautions. ..."
4. Cycling Art, Energy and Locomotion: A Series of Remarks on the Development by Robert Pittis Scott (1889)
"THE question of side-slip is not entirely new; it was first mooted in ... Now,
to come to the specific features supposed to account for the side-slip, ..."
5. The Motor Book by R. J. Mecredy (1903)
"side-slip is the greatest danger that the motorist has to encounter, and nothing
but experience will enable him to counteract the tendency. ..."
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