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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)
4.
to cause to yaw.
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Yawing
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
noun
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)
a.
the act of yawing.
b.
the angular displacement of the longitudinal axis due to yawing.
Origin:
1540–50; origin uncertain
1540–50; origin uncertain
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Word Origin & History
yaw
"to fall away from the line of a course," 1546, from O.N. jaga, O.Dan. jæge "to drive, chase," from M.L.G. jagen (see yacht).
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