wavemaking drag — волновое сопротивление
air drag — аэродинамическое сопротивление
parasitic drag — паразитное сопротивление
residuary drag — остаточное сопротивление
skin-friction drag — сопротивление трения
English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary. 2014.
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