Thesaurus: windage

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1. n. The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.
2. n. The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.
3. n. the retarding force of air friction on a moving object
4. n. the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun
5. n. exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)
6. n. the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind
7. 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.
8. The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun andthat of the shot fired from it.
9. n:100 n. the retarding force of air friction on a moving object n. the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun n. exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)