yaw
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yaw
(yô)v. yawed, yaw·ing, yaws
v.intr.
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. Used of an aircraft, spacecraft, or projectile.
3. To move unsteadily; weave.
v.tr.
To cause to yaw.
n.
1. The act of yawing.
2. Extent of yawing, measured in degrees.
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
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yaw
(jɔː)vb
1. (Aeronautics) (intr) (of an aircraft, missile, etc) to turn about its vertical axis. Compare pitch111, roll14
2. (Nautical Terms) (intr) (of a ship, etc) to deviate temporarily from a straight course
3. (Aeronautics) (tr) to cause (an aircraft, ship, etc) to yaw
4. (Nautical Terms) (tr) to cause (an aircraft, ship, etc) to yaw
n
5. (Aeronautics) the angular movement of an aircraft, missile, etc, about its vertical axis
6. (Nautical Terms) the deviation of a vessel from a straight course
[C16: of unknown origin]
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yaw1
(yɔ)v.i.
1. to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
2. (of an aircraft) to have a motion about its vertical axis.
3. (of a rocket or guided missile) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by oscillation of the longitudinal axis in the horizontal plane.
v.t. 4. to cause to yaw.
n. 5. the movement of yawing.
6. a motion of an aircraft about its vertical axis.
7. a right or left angle determined by the direction of motion of an aircraft or spacecraft and its vertical and longitudinal plane of symmetry.
[1540–50]
yaw2
(yɔ)n.
one of the lesions of yaws.
[1735–45]
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yaw
1. 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.
2. 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.
2. 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.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
yaw
Past participle: yawed
Gerund: yawing
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| Noun | 1. | yaw - an erratic deflection from an intended course |
| Verb | 1. |  yaw - be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| 2. | yaw - deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of the ship" hunt - yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed" | |
| 3. | yaw - swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it" |
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yaw
verb1. Nautical. To turn aside sharply from a straight course:
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Translations
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
yaw
vi (Naut) → gieren, vom Kurs abkommen; (Aviat, Space) (off course) → vom Kurs abkommen or abweichen; (about axis) → gieren; it yawed 20 degrees to port → es gierte um 20 Grad nach Backbord
n → Kursabweichung f; (about axis) → Gieren nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
yaw
n. lesión primaria de la frambesia.
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