gravity drag (English, noun)
expansion: gravity drag (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The resistance felt by a vehicle ascending against the force of gravity; reduction in delta-v experienced as a result of the partial cancellation by gravity of the vertical component of the thrust applied by a vehicle's engine(s).
tags: uncountable
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