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windage

windage

9.9
Sideways movement of a bullet or shell caused by wind
  • noun
  • /ˈwɪndɪdʒ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : desviación por viento
  • Understanding how windage affects your aim can significantly improve your performance in competitive shooting.
  • windage adjustment
  • windage and elevation

Examples

  • You factor in all the conditions, like range to target, minute of arc, and... windage.

    Push (2006)

  • - ABOUT LEADING BY TOO MUCH WINDAGE.

    Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

  • When shooting long distances, you must account for windage to ensure your shot hits the target accurately.

  • He made precise adjustments for windage after noticing the bullet drifted left due to the strong wind.

Synonyms

wind deflection
vswindage
  • Specialized
7.5

Sideways movement of a flying object when wind pushes it

refers to wind caused deflection of a projectile's path rather than only sideways

Surface Forms

windage singular
windages plural

Morphology

windage = wind (semi-transparent) = wind + -age + age

The construction wind + -age is recognizable, but the ballistic sense is specialized and not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Windage combines wind and the ending -age, meaning 'effect' or 'result'. So in shooting, windage is the sideways effect of wind that moves a bullet off course.