"air resistance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: air resistances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} air resistance (usually uncountable, plural air resistances)
  1. (physics) The action of friction that slows something moving through air; drag. Wikipedia link: air resistance Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Air, Physics Related terms: fluid dynamics, terminal velocity, viscosity Translations (friction that slows things moving through air): lugweerstand (Afrikaans), luftmodstand [common-gender] (Danish), luchtweerstand [masculine] (Dutch), ilmanvastus (Finnish), résistance de l’air [feminine] (French), Luftwiderstand [masculine] (German), légellenállás (Hungarian), hambatan udara (Indonesian), rintangan udara (Malay), luftmotstand [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), luftmotstand [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), opór powietrza [masculine] (Polish), resistência do ar [feminine] (Portuguese), сопротивле́ние во́здуха (soprotivlénije vózduxa) [neuter] (Russian), luftmotstånd [neuter] (Swedish), lực cản không khí (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-air_resistance-en-noun-MntZWXKb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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