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What is an angle of attack?

What is an angle of attack? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see angle,‎ attack.
  2. (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.
  3. (nautical) The angle between a mid-sail and the direction of the wind.
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