drift.
(Of derived).
1. f. Mar. Abatement or diversion of the ship from its true course by the wind, the sea or the current effect.
1. f. Geol. Slow and continuous movement of the continental masses on a magma fluid in the course of geological time.
1. f. Biol. Evolution of the genome of a population to the lar
go of successive generations.1. loc. Advisor. Without direction or purpose fixed, at the mercy of circumstances.
2. loc. Advisor. Mar. The sail or float: at the mercy of the current or wind.
