Windage
nounid
158550·updated May 18, 2026verified
exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- wind deflectionwind exposure
- plural
- Windages
- possessive
- Windage's
- pluralpossessive
- Windages'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind
- §2
- exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)
- §3
- the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun
- §4
- the retarding force of air friction on a moving object
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