angle of attack

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Noun

angle of attack (plural angles of attack)

1. Used other than as an idiom: see angle,‎ attack.
2. (aeronautics) The angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the airflow over it; one of the determiners of the amount of lift produced by an airfoil.
3. (nautical) The angle between a mid-sail and the direction of the wind.

Translations

angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the airflow over it

• Finnish: kohtauskulma (fi)
• Russian: угол атаки (ru) (ugol ataki)

• Swedish: attackvinkel (sv) c
• Turkish: hücum açısı (tr)

angle between mid-sail and the direction of the wind

• Finnish: kohtauskulma (fi)