base drag

[′bās ‚drag]

(fluid mechanics)

Drag owing to a base pressure lower than the ambient pressure; it is a part of the pressure drag.

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Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- US government officials began contacting attorneys of Guantanamo Bay inmates who are being force-fed as the hunger strike on the prison base drags past the two-month mark.

Guantanamo Hunger Strikers Being Named, Force-Fed

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