Complete Definition of "angle of attack"

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Noun
angle of attack (abbreviated as AOA)

#context|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.
#context|nautical The angle between a mid-sail and the direction of the wind.

Translations
trans-top|angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the airflow over it
Finnish: kohtauskulma
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trans-top|angle between mid-sail and the direction of the wind
Finnish: kohtauskulma
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