downwash

downwash [doun-wosh, -wawsh] ExamplesWord Origin noun Aeronautics.

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

Origin of downwash First recorded in 1910–15; down1 + wash Examples from the Web for downwash Historical Examples of 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 noun

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