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PARASITE DRAG

Specialty Definition: PARASITE DRAG

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Physics

Any or all of the drag forces acting on an aircraft that are not formed in the production of lift. In subsonic flow, any or all of the drag forces acting on an aircraft exclusive of the induced drag. Source: European Union. (references)
 A)as now generally accepted, any or all of the drag forces acting on an aircraft that are not formed in the production of lift. In subsonic flow, any or all of the drag forces acting on an aircraft exclusive of the induced drag b)in some contexts, especially in the older literature, any or all of the drag forces from parts of the aircraft that do not contribute to the lift. In sense(b), the parasite drag does not include'profile drag'. Source: European Union. (references)

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Crosswords: PARASITE DRAG

Specialty definitions using "PARASITE DRAG": parasitic drag. (references)

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Modern Translation: PARASITE DRAG

Language Translations for "PARASITE DRAG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

parasitmodstand (parasitic drag). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

parasitaire weerstand (parasitic drag), schadelijke weerstand (parasitic drag). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

loisvastus (parasitic drag, reactance). (various references)

   

French

  

traînée parasite (parasitic drag). (various references)

   

German

  

schädlicher Widerstand (parasitic drag). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παράσιτη αντίσταση (parasitic drag), παράσιτη οπισθέλκουσα (parasitic drag). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

káros ellenállás (parasite resistance, parasitic drag). (various references)

   

Italian

  

resistenza parassitica (parasitic drag), resistenza parassita (parasitic drag). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arasitepay agdray

   

Portuguese

  

resistência parasita (parasitic drag). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

resistencia parásita (parasitic drag). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PARASITE DRAG

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-g-i-p-r-r-s-t"

-2 letters: disparager, partridges.

-3 letters: aspiratae, aspirated, disparage, disparate, gerardias, parridges, partridge, tapaderas.

-4 letters: adapters, airdates, aspirata, aspirate, dataries, dragster, gastraea, gerardia, gradates, grapiest, paraders, paradise, parasite, pareiras, parridge, partiers, radiates, rapidest, readapts, septaria, tapadera, traipsed.

-5 letters: adapter, agisted, aigrets, airdate, apteria, aridest, aristae, arrased, artsier, aspired, aspirer, asteria, astride, atresia, darters, departs, despair, diapers, diaster.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-d-e-g-i-p-r-r-s-t"
 

+5 letters: autoradiographies, radioautographies.

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3. Anagrams
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