Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun windage

4 senses of windage

Sense 1
windage -- (the retarding force of air friction on a moving object)
       => drag, retarding force -- (the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid)

Sense 2
windage -- (the space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun)
       => diameter, diam -- (the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference)

Sense 3
windage, wind exposure -- (exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance))
       => exposure -- (vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain; "exposure to the weather" or "they died from exposure";)

Sense 4
windage, wind deflection -- (the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind)
       => deflection, deflexion, bending -- (the property of being bent or deflected)