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Angle of attack
Meaning
Noun
●
In 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
.
●
In Nautical:
The
angle
between a mid-sail and the
direction
of the wind.
●
Used
other than
figuratively
or
idiomatically
: see
angle
, attack.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Alpha
Angle Of Incidence
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