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YAW Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of YAW is the action of yawing; especially : a side-to-side movement. How to use yaw in a sentence. Did you know?
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Yaw (rotation) - Wikipedia
A yaw rotation is a movement around the yaw axis of a rigid body that changes the direction it is pointing, to the left or right of its direction of motion.
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Aircraft Yaw Motion - NASA Glenn Research Center
Yaw motion is a side-to-side nose movement caused by rudder deflection, which creates a side force that rotates the aircraft about its center of gravity.
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yawing
yawing, vbl. n. (ˈjɔːɪŋ) [f. yaw v.1 + -ing1.] The action of the verb yaw; temporary deviation of a vessel from her course; unsteady movement from side to side; also fig. and attrib.1586 J. Melvill Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 253 Be hir tumbling and yeawing, the mast schouk sa louse, that Mr. Robert.. haid ...
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yawing - American Heritage Dictionary Entry
1. Nautical To swerve off course momentarily or temporarily: The ship yawed as the heavy wave struck abeam. 2. To turn about the vertical axis.
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YAWING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of yawing in English ... If an aircraft or ship yaws, it moves slightly to the side of its intended direction: The boat pitched and yawed in the bay.
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Yaw damper
stability augmentation system) is a system used to reduce (or damp) the undesirable tendencies of an aircraft to oscillate in a repetitive rolling and yawing Rather, the system is intended to counteract incidental and undirected yawing motions, which can be characterised as skids or slips.
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Synonyms of yawing - Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Synonyms for YAWING: veering, circling, curving, cutting, swerving, turning, bowing, wandering; Antonyms of YAWING: straightening.
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Roll, Pitch, and Yaw | How Things Fly
Rotation around the front-to-back axis is called roll. Rotation around the side-to-side axis is called pitch. Rotation around the vertical axis is called yaw.
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Yaw - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
noun. an erratic deflection from an intended course. synonyms: swerve ; verb. deviate erratically from a set course. “the yawing motion of the ship” ; verb.
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yawing, adj. meanings, etymology and more
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective yawing. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED ...
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yaw-yaw
yaw-yaw, v. (ˈjɔːˈjɔː) [Cf. yaw int.] intr. a. To say ‘yaw! yaw!’; to talk affectedly. b. To utter inarticulate cries resembling the syllables ‘yaw, yaw’. Hence yawyawdom (nonce-wd.), an affected expression.1854 Dickens Hard T. ii. ii, They liked fine gentlemen... They became exhausted in imitation ...
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Yaw system
The necessary yawing torque was created by means of animal power, human power or even wind power (implementation of an auxiliary rotor known as fantail Consequently, the yawing of the large modern turbines is relatively slow with a 360° turn lasting several minutes.
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yanky
† ˈyanky Obs. rare. [Of doubtful status, origin, and meaning. Perh. Du. Janke, applied orig. to a particular ship, and so identical with Yankee (q.v.). The following examples of Yankee in the proper names of ships may be compared:— 1776 M. Cutler in Life, etc. (1888) I. 55 They were in the Yankee He...
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Critical engine
The yawing and rolling moments apply rotational forces that tend to yaw and roll the aircraft towards the failed engine. The resulting thrust yawing moment is much smaller in this case than for conventional propeller rotation.
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