downwash

[ doun-wosh, -wawsh ]
/ ˈdaʊnˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ /

noun Aeronautics.

a deflection of air downward relative to an airfoil that causes the deflection.

Origin of downwash

First recorded in 1910–15; down1 + wash

Example sentences from the Web for downwash

  • It's the downwash of blood from the organ it has kept at fever heat.

    Black Oxen |Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for downwash

downwash
/ (ˈdaʊnˌwɒʃ) /

noun

the downward deflection of an airflow, esp one caused by an aircraft wing