"drag coefficient" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: drag coefficients [plural]
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  1. (physics) A dimensionless quantity quantifying the amount of hydrodynamic drag force experienced by an object with a given area immersed in a fluid of a given density flowing at a given speed. Wikipedia link: drag coefficient Categories (topical): Physics
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