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windage

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wind·age  (wndj)
n.
1.
a. The effect of wind on the course of a projectile.
b. The point or degree at which the wind gauge or sight of a rifle or gun must be set to compensate for the effect of the wind.
c. The difference in a given firearm between the diameter of the projectile fired and the diameter of the bore of the firearm.
2. The disturbance of air caused by the passage of a fast-moving object, such as a railway train.
3. Nautical The part of the surface of a ship exposed to the wind.
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Noun1.windage - the retarding force of air friction on a moving object
drag, retarding force - the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
2.windage - the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun
diam, diameter - the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
3.windage - exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)
exposure - vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure";
4.windage - the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind
bending, deflexion, deflection - the property of being bent or deflected


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The piece once cast, it must be bored with great precision, so as to preclude any possible windage.
Despite the fact that by his manoeuvre the Arangi had been hove to, he knew that windage and sea-driftage would quickly send her away from the swimming puppy.
"Seven yards windage, Hal," said one, whose hair was streaked with gray.
 
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