relative wind
[ wind ]
noun
the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
Origin of relative wind
1First 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
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