Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb Nautical 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.
- noun The act of yawing.
- noun Extent of yawing, measured in degrees.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a temporary deviation of a ship or vessel from the direct line of her course.
- To go unsteadily; bend or deviate from a straight course: chiefly nautical.
- To move aside; move from one side to the other.
- noun One of the tubercles characteristic of the disease known as yaws.
- noun A thin or defective place in cloth.
- To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane-juice in the sugar-works.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
- verb (Naut.) 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.
- noun (Naut.) A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
rotation of anaircraft ,ship , ormissile about itsvertical axis so as to cause thelongitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile todeviate from theflight line orheading in its horizontalplane . - noun The
angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and thetangent to thetrajectory in thecorresponding point of flight of theprojectile . - noun An act of yawing.
- noun nautical A
vessel 'smotion rotating about the vertical axis, so thebow yaws from side to side; a characteristic ofunsteadiness . - noun The
extent of yawing, therotation angle about the vertical axis - verb intransitive, aviation To
turn about thevertical axis while maintainingcourse . - verb intransitive, nautical To
swerve off course toport orstarboard . - verb intransitive, nautical To
steer badly,zigzagging back and forth across theintended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb deviate erratically from a set course
- verb swerve off course momentarily
- noun an erratic deflection from an intended course
- verb be wide open
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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This tended to produce a turning movement of the entire aircraft - known as yaw - toward the dead engine.
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This tended to produce a turning movement of the entire aircraft - known as yaw - toward the dead engine.
kstp.com - MORE NEWS 2010
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This tended to produce a turning movement of the entire aircraft - known as yaw - toward the dead engine.
News for WSLS 10 2010
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This tended to produce a turning movement of the entire aircraft - known as yaw - toward the dead engine.
CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports 2010
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This tended to produce a turning movement of the entire aircraft - known as yaw - toward the dead engine.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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This tended to produce a turning movement of the entire aircraft - known as yaw - toward the dead engine.
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The primary navigation laser accounts for yaw, which is what we do when we walk.
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It keeps the nose of the plane from swinging side to side (this phenomenon is called yaw).
LearnHub Activities 2010
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This tended to produce a turning movement of the entire aircraft _ known as yaw _ toward the dead engine.
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This tended to produce a turning movement of the entire aircraft - known as yaw - toward the dead engine.
chained_bear commented on the word yaw
a. Naut. Of a vessel: To deviate temporarily from the straight course, as through faulty or unsteady steering; to turn to one side or from side to side in her course.
b. Aeronaut. and Astronaut. Of an aircraft or spacecraft: to rotate about a vertical axis, to undergo yawing.
February 2, 2007
oroboros commented on the word yaw
"Way" in reverse.
February 3, 2007
whichbe commented on the word yaw
To move unsteadily side to side; to rotate about a vertical axis. (from Phrontistery)
May 23, 2008
she commented on the word yaw
I just ran into this word in reference to flying, in this documentary: a pilot chooses to board a plane that meets the one-in-a-billion chance of total hydrolic failure, and manages to land it, against odds that no one on board would survive. The guy's very well-spoken, and goes into a good amount of detail — it's an unbelievable story, and a comforting reminder of just how capable these people are.
August 13, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word yaw
Is that the Sioux City, Iowa crash? (sorry, I'm at work and can't watch the clip right now!) I remember seeing that on the news the night it happened. That pilot is—all pilots really are—remarkable in so many ways.
August 13, 2008
she commented on the word yaw
Yesyes, that's the one. (It was a little before I ever watched the news, so this is the first I've heard of it, but I'd imagine most people would find the expatiation interesting.)
August 13, 2008
bilby commented on the word yaw
"At the bottom of the craft is a flexible skirt which is controlled by releasing or pulling in a ring around the bottom of it. This directs the flow of air, and makes for a very simple and reportedly intuitive 360-degree steering process via a joystick. We're not sure how yaw will be controlled."
- Entecho's Hoverpod: the 3-seat, skirt-steered, 75mph VTOL flying saucer, gizmag.com, 5 May 2009.
May 5, 2009