relative wind
noun
: the motion of the air relative to a body in it
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web 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
Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2022 Word History
First Known Use
1915, in the meaning defined above
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