angle of attack

English

Noun

angle of attack (plural angles of attack)

(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.
(nautical) The angle between a mid-sail and the direction of the wind.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angle,‎ attack.

Synonyms

(aeronautics):

AOA / AoA (abbreviation)
α / alpha

Translations

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

Czech: úhel náběhu m
Finnish: kohtauskulma
French: incidence (fr) f
German: Anstellwinkel m
Greek: γωνία προσβολής f (gonía prosvolís)
Polish: kąt natarcia
Romanian: unghi de atac n
Russian: у́гол ата́ки (úgol atáki)
Swedish: attackvinkel c
Turkish: hücum açısı

angle between mid-sail and the direction of the wind

Finnish: kohtauskulma

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