How to pronounce “angle of attack”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (aeronautics) The angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the airflow over it; one of the determiners of the amount of lift produced by an airfoil.
• (nautical) The angle between a mid-sail and the direction of the wind.
• (rail transport) The angle between the plane of rotation of a wheel and the outer rail in the track curve.
• Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angle,‎ attack.

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