yaw
verb[I]
engineering,sailingspecializeduk/jɔː/us/jɑː/If anaircraftorshipyaws, itmovesslightlyto thesideofitsintendeddirection:
(飞机或船只)偏航Theboatpitchedand yawed in thebay.
Witnessesto thecrashreportedseeingthe Challenger yaw to theright.
- Thesmalljetyawedsharplyto theright.
- Whenrudderisapplied, thenoseof theglideryaws to theside.
- If theverticalstabilizercame off inflight, it could havecausedtheplanetosuddenlyyaw.
Navigation & shipwrecks
- astrolabe
- buoy
- chart
- circumnavigation
- foghorn
- lane
- lighthouse
- narrows
- navigability
- navigable
- navigational
- passage
- pilot
- quadrant
- refloat
- sextant
- sonar
- submersible
- the doldrums
- the Pole Star
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Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
Air travel: aviation
yaw
noun[CorU]
engineering,sailingspecializeduk/jɔː/us/jɑː/aslightmovementof anaircraftorship, to thesideofitsintendeddirection:
Therudderis averticalflapon thetailthatcontrolsyaw.
Ifeltaslightpitchand yaw, like ahiccupin thefloorbeneath me.
- Thewheelscontrolthe ship'spitch, thepedalsitsyaw.
- Electronicstabilitycontrolsensesyaw,wheelspin, andskid.
- Theleftwardyaw wascausedbylossofthrustfrom theleftengines.
Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
- acclivity
- angle
- angled
- askew
- bank
- cocked
- lopsided
- obliquely
- pitch
- pitched
- raked
- roll
- shelve
- slope
- sloping
- steep
- steepen
- tilt
- tip(something/someone)over
- tippy
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Air travel: aviation
Navigation & shipwrecks