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