Definition for: yaw

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English

Pronunciation

• AHD: yô , IPA: /jɔː/ , SAMPA: /jO:/

  Homophones ( non-rhotic accents ): yore, your, you're

  Rhymes: -ɔː

Verb

to yaw ( third-person singular simple present yaws , present participle yawing , simple past yawed , past participle yawed )

1. ( intransitive ) ( aircraft ) To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.
2. ( intransitive ) ( nautical ) To swerve off course to port or starboard.
3. ( intransitive ) ( nautical ) To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course.

Noun

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. 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. An act of yawing.
4. ( nautical ) A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.
5. The extent of yawing, the rotation angle about the vertical axis

   the yaw of an aircaft

See also

• heading
• pitch
• roll
• surge
• scend

Other Translations for "yaw"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		yaw
Hex		f9 e1 77
Pig Latin		yaway

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