Leeway

Lee′wayˊ

(lē′wāˊ)

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Noun.

(Naut.)

The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.

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Noun.

The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course, or the angle which the line of her way makes with her keel, when she is close-hauled.

leeway ‎(plural leeways)

The drift of a ship or airplane in a leeward direction.
A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility; margin, latitude, elbowroom.
- 2005, James Gosling et al., The Java Language Specification, Third Edition, Prentice Hall PTR, ISBN 0321246780, section 15.4 “FP-strict Expressions”,
  Within an expression that is not FP-strict, some leeway is granted for an implementation to use an extended exponent range to represent intermediate results; […]
I don't think we have a lot of leeway when it comes to proper formatting.‎
(Britain) An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in make up leeway.

(varying degree or amount of freedom): freedom, flexibility, latitude, wiggle room

drift of a ship or airplane in a leeward direction

Japanese: (avation) 風圧量 ‎(ふうあつりょう, fūatsuryō), (marine) 偏流量 ‎(へんりゅうりょう, henryūryō)
Portuguese: deriva (pt) f
Russian: дрейф (ru) m ‎(drejf)
Spanish: deriva (es) f
Swedish: avdrift

degree or amount of freedom or flexibility

adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process