[yaw] 
,| 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. |
| 4. | to cause to yaw. |
| 5. | a movement of deviation from a direct course, as of a ship. |
| 6. | a motion of an aircraft about its vertical axis. |
| 7. | 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. |
| 8. | (of a rocket or guided missile)
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| yaw (yô) v. yawed, yaw·ing, yaws v. intr.
To cause to yaw. n.
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.] |
