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Air drag
Resistance of the air to motion of a body moving in it. The term is applied, in particular, to (a) the resistance of the air to aircraft, projectiles, and artificial satellites, and (b) the resistance of air or other gas to the motion of a pendulum or other moving body used in a gravity measuring apparatus. A good, approximate formula for the resistance Faa
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