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angle of attack

angle between the chord of a wing and the undisturbed airflow
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angle of attack

Summary

angle of attack ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,511 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • angle of attack is a type of angular measure[2].
  • angle of attack's Commons category is recorded as Angle of attack (aviation)[3].
  • angle of attack's contributing factor of is recorded as lift[4].
  • angle of attack's contributing factor of is recorded as stall[5].
  • angle of attack's manifestation of is recorded as angle[6].
  • angle of attack's different from is recorded as angle of incidence[7].
  • angle of attack's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[8].

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Definition and Type

angle of attack is a type of angular measure[2].

Why It Matters

angle of attack ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,511 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → angle of incidence
    Manifestation of → angle
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Subclass of → angular measure
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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