WordNet
retarding force
n. the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid [syn: drag]
Usage examples of "retarding force".
Once their velocity had been brought up to the desired value, it was easy to maintain it with the infinitely small friction of space as the only retarding force.
Nerado thrilled with joy as he applied a full retarding force, and every creature aboard that great vessel had to peer into a plate or through a telescope before he could believe that planets other than Nevia did in reality exist!
Let Taranto try as it will to be modern and progressive, there is a retarding force which shows little sign of being overcome—.