drag coefficient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

drag coefficient drag coefficients
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