Толковый словарь английского языка - windage
Windage
windage
noun Etymology: 1wind Date: circa 1710 1. the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore, the difference between the diameter of the bore of a muzzle-loading rifled cannon and that of the projectile cylinder, 2. the amount of sight deflection necessary to compensate for wind displacement in aiming a gun, b. the influence of the wind in deflecting the course of a projectile, the amount of deflection due to the wind, the surface exposed (as by a ship) to the wind
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n. 1 the friction of air against the moving part of a machine. 2 a the effect of the wind in deflecting a missile. b an allowance for this. 3 the difference between the diameter of a gun's bore and its projectile, allowing the escape of gas. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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