Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Yaw
Yaw
(ya̤)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Yawed
(ya̤d)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Yawing
.] [Cf. ]
Yew
, Verb.
I.
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
Yaw
,Verb.
I.
& T.
[Cf. Prov. G.
gagen
to rock, gageln
to totter, shake, Norw. gaga
to bend backward, Icel. gagr
bent back, gaga
to throw the neck back.] (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.
Just as he would lay the ship’s course, all
yawing
being out of the question. Lowell.
Yaw
,Noun.
(Naut.)
A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
Webster 1828 Edition
Yaw
YAW
,Noun.
YAW
,Verb.
I.
1.
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the sugar works. [See Yew.]2.
In navigation, to deviate from the line of her course, as a ship.Definition 2024
yaw
yaw
English
Noun
yaw (plural yaws)
- 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.
- 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.
- An act of yawing.
- (nautical) A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.
- The extent of yawing, the rotation angle about the vertical axis
- the yaw of an aircraft
Translations
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
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
|
An act of yawing
A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness
|
The extent of yawing, the rotation angle about the vertical axis
See also
Verb
yaw (third-person singular simple present yaws, present participle yawing, simple past and past participle yawed)
- (intransitive, aviation) To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swerve off course to port or starboard.
- (intransitive, nautical) To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course.
- Lowell
- Just as he would lay the ship's course, all yawing being out of the question.
- Lowell
- (intransitive) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
Translations
To swerve off course to port or starboard
To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course
|