Yaw
Word | YAW |
Character | 3 |
Hyphenation | yaw |
Pronunciations | /jɔː/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Yaw"
What do we mean by yaw?
To swerve off course momentarily or temporarily. intransitive verb
To turn about the vertical axis. Used of an aircraft, spacecraft, or projectile. intransitive verb
To move unsteadily; weave. intransitive verb
To cause to yaw. intransitive verb
The act of yawing. noun
Extent of yawing, measured in degrees. noun
Nautical, a temporary deviation of a ship or vessel from the direct line of her course. noun
One of the tubercles characteristic of the disease known as yaws. noun
A thin or defective place in cloth. noun
To go unsteadily; bend or deviate from a straight course: chiefly nautical.
To move aside; move from one side to the other.
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane-juice in the sugar-works.
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works. intransitive verb
A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering. noun
To steer wild, or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship. verb
The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane. noun
The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile. noun
An act of yawing. noun
A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness. noun
The extent of yawing, the rotation angle about the vertical axis noun
The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane.
The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile.
A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.
The extent of yawing, the rotation angle about the vertical axis
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