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yaw

1

[ yaw ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship.
  2. (of an aircraft) to have a motion about its vertical axis.
  3. (of a rocket or guided missile) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by oscillation of the longitudinal axis in the horizontal plane.


verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to yaw.

noun

  1. a movement of deviation from a direct course, as of a ship.
  2. a motion of an aircraft about its vertical axis.
  3. an angle, to the right or left, determined by the direction of motion of an aircraft or spacecraft and its vertical and longitudinal plane of symmetry.
  4. (of a rocket or guided missile)
    1. the act of yawing.
    2. the angular displacement of the longitudinal axis due to yawing.

yaw

2

[ yaw ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. one of the lesions of yaws.

yaw

/ jɔː /

verb

  1. intr (of an aircraft, missile, etc) to turn about its vertical axis Compare pitch 1 roll
  2. intr (of a ship, etc) to deviate temporarily from a straight course
  3. tr to cause (an aircraft, ship, etc) to yaw
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the angular movement of an aircraft, missile, etc, about its vertical axis
  2. the deviation of a vessel from a straight course
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yaw1

First recorded in 1540–50; origin uncertain

Origin of yaw2

First recorded in 1735–45; back formation from yaws
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yaw1

C16: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

"The investigation found that, in the prevailing circumstances, the loss of yaw control was irrecoverable," it said in its final report on the crash.

From Reuters

Lighter bullets travel faster and can tumble through bodies more easily, causing maximum damage as they yaw through flesh.

Jackson is particularly proud of the clavicle, which can move forward and back as well as pitch, roll, and yaw.

Eradicating yaws—a painful and disfiguring bacterial disease—may be harder than scientists hoped, a study published last week in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests.

WHO first set up a campaign to wipe yaws off the face of Earth in the 1950s.

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