Drifter vs False - What's the difference?
drifter | false |
(pejorative) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
(nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.
* 1995 , Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim (page 85)
* 1999 , Lin Pardey, ?Larry Pardey, Cost Conscious Cruiser: Champagne Cruising on a Beer Budget
* 2000 , Jim Howard, ?Charles J. Doane, Handbook of Offshore Cruising (page 178)
(automotive) A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires.
* 2006 , Paul Morton, How to Drift: The Art of Oversteer (page 32)
* 2007 , Calvin Wan, Calvin Wan's Drifting Performance Handbook (page 132)
* 2009 , Michael Bender, The Fast, the Fraudulent and the Fatal (page 50)
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun drifter
is (pejorative) a person who moves from place to place or job to job.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.drifter
English
Noun
(en noun)- In winds above 10 knots we usually run wing-and-wing with our 100 percent lapper set on a whisker pole opposite the mainsail. As the wind drops, we get out the drifter and set it flying to leeward (Fig. 1).
- After trying a variety of light-wind sails, we've found the most versatile and simple one to be a nylon drifter .
- Some people recommend a medium- to lightweight 140- or 150-percent headsail, and others go for a drifter /reacher.
- However, sensing the available traction may actually be more important to a drifter .
- For professional drifters looking for even more fine-tuning of their suspension setups, some companies offer more advanced two-way adjustable shocks
- While this method is used by a few drifters in rear-wheel drive cars, this technique is really the only way one can drift in a front-wheel drive car.
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Adjective
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