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COEFFICIENT OF DRAG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coefficient of drag mean?
• COEFFICIENT OF DRAG (noun)
The noun COEFFICIENT OF DRAG has 1 sense:
1. the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body
Familiarity information: COEFFICIENT OF DRAG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
coefficient of drag; drag coefficient
Hypernyms ("coefficient of drag" is a kind of...):
coefficient (a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic)
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