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lateral drift[′lad·ə·rəl ′drift] (navigation) lateral displacement drift1. The lateral deflection of a building, due to wind or other loads. 2. In a water spray device, the entrained unevaporated water carried from the device by air movement through it. 3.See driftpin, 2.4. A deposit of loose materials such as gravel, rock fragments, clay and other soils which have been driven together by water, wind, or ice. |