Definition of drag coefficient
: a factor representing the drag acting on a body (such as an automobile or airfoil)
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The shape and the (drag coefficient) has a high effect on range.
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The shape and the (drag coefficient) has a high effect on range.
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The shape and the (drag coefficient) has a high effect on range.
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The shape and the (drag coefficient) has a high effect on range.
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This active air dam, Ram claims, helps lower the drag coefficient from 0.39 to 0.36.
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Her needle-nosed, carbon-fiber two-wheeler is powered by a 500 hp turbocharged V4 engine and boasts a barely there drag coefficient of .08.
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The design gives the I-Pace a relatively low drag coefficient (Cd) of 0.29, although that number is somewhat meaningless without taking into account the frontal area (CdA), a figure car companies seem loath to give out.
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Those more fuel-economy-focused models come packing active grille shutters and underbody aero panels that combine to produce a drag coefficient of 0.29.
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First Known Use of drag coefficient
1937
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