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Rareyaw
The correct spelling is yaw.
How to pronounce yaw
/jɔː/
nounIPA: /jɔː/
Say it like: Yaw
The correct spelling is yaw. 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 h… For example: "the yaw of an aircraft"
Usage Examples
“the yaw of an aircraft”
Meanings
noun
- 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.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.
- 3.A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.
- 4.The extent of yawing, the rotation angle about the vertical axis
- 5.A single tumor in the disease called yaws.
verb
- 1.To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.
- 2.To swerve off course to port or starboard.
- 3.To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course.
- 4.To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
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