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• skin friction/surface friction drag — Drag caused by the unevenness in the skin of a body. The layers of air near the surface are retarded, and the speed of the airflow increases as the distance from the skin increases. To reduce the skin friction, the surface should be smoothened to …   Aviation dictionary

• skin friction drag — Aeron. aerodynamic resistance or drag due to the contact of moving air with the surface of an airplane, a glider, etc. * * * …   Universalium

• skin friction drag — Aeron. aerodynamic resistance or drag due to the contact of moving air with the surface of an airplane, a glider, etc …   Useful english dictionary

• Drag (physics) — Shape and flow Form drag Skin friction 0% 100% 10% 90% …   Wikipedia

• drag — /drag/, v., dragged, dragging, n., adj. v.t. 1. to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house. 2. to search with a drag, grapnel, or the like: They dragged the lake… …   Universalium

• Friction, Baby — Studio album by Better Than Ezra Released August 13 …   Wikipedia

• skin friction drag — noun aerodynamic resistance due to the tangential forces of moving air on the surface of a body …  

• Friction — For other uses, see Friction (disambiguation). Classical mechanics …   Wikipedia

• drag — Synonyms and related words: adduct, adduction, affinity, aggravation, allurement, amble, annoyance, arrest, artery, attract, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, avenue, bad news, bag, bale, barge, be magnetic, be prolonged,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Drag equation — In fluid dynamics, the drag equation is a practical formula used to calculate the force of drag experienced by an object due to movement through a fully enclosing fluid. The equation is attributed to Lord Rayleigh, who originally used L2 in place …   Wikipedia

• drag — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dragge, probably from Middle Low German draggen grapnel; akin to Old English dragan to draw more at draw Date: 14th century 1. something used to drag with; especially a device for dragging under water to detect… …   New Collegiate Dictionary