relative wind

[ wind ]

noun
  1. the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.

Origin of relative wind

1
First recorded in 1915–20

Words Nearby relative wind

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How to use relative wind in a sentence

  • He feels the wind produced by the motion of his machine through the air—the so-called relative wind—but no other.

    Meteorology | Charles Fitzhugh Talman