angle of attack

English

Noun

angle of attack (plural angles of attack)

1. (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.
2. (nautical) The angle between a mid-sail and the direction of the wind.
3. (rail transport) The angle between the plane of rotation of a wheel and the outer rail in the track curve.
4. 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

• Bulgarian: ъгъл на атака m (ăgăl na ataka)
• 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 (ru) (úgol atáki)
• Swedish: anfallsvinkel (sv) c
• Turkish: hücum açısı
• Vietnamese: góc tấn

angle between mid-sail and the direction of the wind

• Finnish: kohtauskulma

angle between the plane of rotation of a wheel and the outer rail

• Russian: у́гол набега́ния (úgol nabegánija)