Definition of Yaw. Meaning of Yaw. Synonyms of Yaw

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Definition of Yaw

Yaw
Yaw Yaw, n. (Naut.) A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
Yaw
Yaw Yaw, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Yawing.] [Cf. Yew, v. i.] To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.

Meaning of Yaw from wikipedia

- Look up yaw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yaw or yaws may refer to: Yaw angle (or yaw rotation), one of the angular degrees of freedom of any stiff...
- An aircraft in flight is free to rotate in three dimensions: yaw, nose left or right about an axis running up and down; pitch, nose up or down about an...
- 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...
- A yaw-rate sensor is a gyroscopic device that measures a vehicle's yaw rate, its angular velocity around its vertical axis. The angle between the vehicle's...
- A yaw damper (sometimes referred to as a stability augmentation system) is a system used to reduce (or damp) the undesirable tendencies of an aircraft...
- The yaw system of wind turbines is the component responsible for the orientation of the wind turbine rotor towards the wind. The task of orienting the...
- Yahweh was an ancient Levantine deity who was venerated in Israel and Judah. Though no consensus exists regarding his origins, scholars generally contend...
- The yaw drive is an important component of the horizontal axis wind turbines' yaw system. To ensure the wind turbine is producing the maximal amount of...
- Yaw is a masculine given name originating from the Akan people and their day naming system, meaning "born on a Thursday" in Akan language, following their...
- Yaw-Yan, also called Sayaw ng Kamatayan (English: Dance of Death), is a Filipino martial art developed by Napoleon A. Fernandez and based on older Filipino...