WINDAGE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind

Synonyms:

wind deflection; windage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("windage" is a kind of...):

bending; deflection; deflexion (the property of being bent or deflected)

Meaning:

Exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)

Synonyms:

wind exposure; windage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("windage" is a kind of...):

exposure (vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain)

Meaning:

The space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("windage" is a kind of...):

diam; diameter (the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference)

Meaning:

The retarding force of air friction on a moving object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("windage" is a kind of...):

drag; retarding force (the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid)