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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A retarding force on the [[wind]] caused by viscous [[friction]] as air flows parallel to a [[smooth  surface]] that it touches.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''Compare'' [[form drag]], [[wave drag]]; <br/>''see'' [[drag]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A retarding force on the [[wind]] caused by viscous [[friction]] as air flows parallel to a [[smooth surface|smooth  surface]] that it touches.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''Compare'' [[form drag]], [[wave drag]]; <br/>''see'' [[drag]].</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 17:53, 25 April 2012



skin drag

A retarding force on the wind caused by viscous friction as air flows parallel to a smooth surface that it touches.


Compare form drag, wave drag;
see drag.


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