Drag (physics)
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In fluid dynamics, drag (sometimes called air resistance, a type of friction, or fluid resistance, another type of friction or fluid friction) is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.
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See also
- Added mass
- Aerodynamic force
- Angle of attack
- Atmospheric density
- Automobile drag coefficient
- Boundary layer
- Coandă effect
- Drag crisis
- Drag coefficient
- Drag equation
- Gravity drag
- Keulegan–Carpenter number
- Lift (force)
- Morison equation
- Nose cone design
- Parasitic drag
- Projectile motion#Trajectory of a projectile with air resistance
- Ram pressure
- Reynolds number
- Stall (fluid mechanics)
- Stokes' law
- Terminal velocity
- Wave drag
- Windage
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