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RETARDING FORCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
Synonyms:
drag; retarding force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("retarding force" is a kind of...):
resistance (any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retarding force"):
sonic barrier; sound barrier (the increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound)
windage (the retarding force of air friction on a moving object)
