Noun
- 1. windage, drag, retarding force
- usage: the retarding force of air friction on a moving object
- 2. windage, diameter, diam
- usage: the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun
- 3. windage, wind exposure, exposure
- usage: exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)
- 4. windage, wind deflection, deflection, deflexion, bending
- usage: the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind
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