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windage |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Windage \Wind"age\, n. [From {Wind} air in motion.] 1. (Gun.) The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it 2. The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: windage n 1: the retarding force of air friction on a moving object 2: bore-to-projectile difference in diameter 3: exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) [syn: {wind exposure}] 4: the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind [syn: {wind deflection}]
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