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(Latin: seize, snatch, plunder; grappling hook, drag; seizure, robbery, rapine, booty; ravish)
(Latin: drag, draw together; a drawing out or pulling)
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The opposing force encountered by a body moving relative to a fluid: An example of an aerodynamic drag can be the displacement of or resistance to air in the path of a flying airplane.
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aero-, aer-, aeri-
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A major perturbation (disturbance and trouble) of the close artificial satellite orbits: An atmospheric drag is caused by the resistance of the atmosphere. The secular effects are decreasing eccentricity, semidiameter (apparent radius of a celestial body when viewed as a disk from the earth), and period.
An atmospheric drag can be a critical perturbation of the orbits of closely adjacent low-orbit artificial satellites due to atmospheric resistance. The effects, extending over ages of time, are semidiameter, period, and decreasing eccentricity.
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atmo-, atm- +
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sphero-, spher-, -sphere-
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fiscal drag
The dampening effect on aggregate demand that occurs when an expanding economy creates additional tax revenues; especially, with a progressive income tax so it becomes an example of an automatic stabilizer.
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fisc-, fiscal
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induced drag
An aerodynamic resistive force that is produced as a consequence of the generation of lift.
Its magnitude is directly proportional to the lift.
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duc-, -duce, -duct, -ducent, -ductor, -duction, -ductive, -ducer, -ducement, -ducation
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The force of air resistance that slows a car as it moves faster.
At high speeds, virtually all a car's energy is used to overcome drag.
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Automobile or Related Car Terms
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