relative wind

noun

: the motion of the air relative to a body in it

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The tunnel’s 10-by-16-by-49-foot open test section includes a 39-foot-diameter turntable that can rotate a car 180 degrees to the relative wind. —

Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of relative wind was in 1915

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“Relative wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative%20wind. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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