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induced drag
inducement
inducer
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indurate
in·du·rate
[
índə ràyt
]
transitive and intransitive verb
(
past and past participle
in·du·rat·ed
,
present participle
in·du·rat·ing
,
3rd person present singular
in·du·rates
)
Definition:
make or become hard:
to make something hard, or become hard
(
literary or technical
)
adjective
Definition:
feeling no compassion:
unsympathetic or unfeeling
(
literary
)
[
Mid-16th century. < Latin
indurat-
, past participle of
indurare
"make hard" <
durus
"hard"
]
in·du·ra·tive
[
in drətiv
]
adjective
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in·du·ra·tive [ in drətiv ] adjective
