Dictionary Entry
windage
windage is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.
- 2noun
The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.
- 3noun
the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind
- 4noun
exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)
- 5noun
the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun
- 6noun
the retarding force of air friction on a moving object
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