HyperDic: angle_of_attack

English > 1 sense of the expression *angle of attack*:
NOUN	shape	angle of attack	the acute angle between the direction of the undisturbed relative wind and the chord of an airfoil

English > *angle of attack*: 1 sense > noun 1, shape
Meaning	The acute angle between the direction of the undisturbed relative wind and the chord of an airfoil.
Broader	angle of incidence, incidence angle	The angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence
Catalan	angle d'atac