angle of attack
noun phrase
: the acute angle between the direction of the relative wind and the chord of an airfoil
Word History
First Known Use
1901, in the meaning defined above
- out of the way
- out of the woods
- out of thin air
- out of this world
- out of touch
- out of true
- out of tune
- out of turn
- out of wedlock
- out of whack
- out of whole cloth
- out of work
- out on a limb
- out on one's ear
- out sick
- out sister
- out the wazoo
- out the window
- out the ying-yang
- out to
- out to lunch
- out to sea
- out tray
- out West
- out with it