Usually means: Adjustment for wind in aiming.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. windage: Merriam-Webster
  2. windage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. windage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. windage: Collins English Dictionary
  5. windage: Vocabulary.com
  6. windage: Wordnik
  7. windage: Wiktionary
  8. windage: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. windage: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. windage: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. windage: Dictionary.com
  12. Windage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Windage: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. windage: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. windage: Rhymezone
  16. Windage: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. windage: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. windage: FreeDictionary.org
  19. windage: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. windage: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. windage: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Windage: MedFriendly Glossary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. windage: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (windage)

noun:  (automotive) Drag on the crankshaft caused by oil splashing out of the sump when rotating at high speeds.
noun:  (ballistics) The difference in diameter between the bore of a firearm and the shot.
noun:  (ballistics) Horizontal adjustment of the sight of a firearm or bow.
noun:  (medicine, dated) A contusion caused by a projectile that does not enter the skin, due to either compressed air or a glancing blow
noun:  (chiefly nautical) Exposure to the wind.

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