gravity drag

/G R AE1 V AH0 T IY0 D R AE0 G/
noun
  1. 1

    (astronautics) The resistance felt by a vehicle ascending against the force of gravity; reduction in delta-v experienced as a result of the partial cancellation by gravity of the vertical component of the thrust applied by a vehicle's engine(s).

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