(rare) The state, quality, or condition of being driftful.

present participle of drift apart

present participle of drift off

The process whereby sand and shingle move along a beach shoreline when waves approach the shore at an angle.

(genetics, evolutionary theory) An overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population, due to random fluctuations in the frequencies of individual alleles of the genes.

(idiomatic) To understand, at least on some basic or general level.

The tendency of an organism to revert to instinctive behaviors that can interfere with the conditioned response.

(geology) The slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics.

The space in an electron tube in which there is no modulated field

Alternative spelling of snowdrift