esti f (plural estis) 1  Alternative form of. â 2 estiâ in le TrÃ©sor de la langue franÃ§aise informatisÃ© (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Frame dragging is a theory which says that space is elastic, and particles in it will exchange energy with it. In the scientific world, elastic means that when you apply a certain amount of force to an object (which will cause it to bend) and then remove the force, the object will return to its original shape and energy state.
In the physical world, a bootstrap is a small strap or loop at the back of a leather boot that enables you to pull the entire boot on and in general usage, bootstrapping is the leveraging of a small initial effort into something larger and more significant.