yawed
past simple and past participle ofyaw
yaw
verb[I]
engineering,sailingspecializeduk/jɔː/us/jɑː/If anaircraftorshipyaws, itmovesslightlyto thesideofitsintendeddirection:
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
- channel
- chart
- circumnavigation
- foghorn
- lane
- lighthouse
- navigability
- navigable
- navigational
- pilot
- quadrant
- refloat
- shipwreck
- sonar
- sound
- the doldrums
- wreck
- yaw
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Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
Air travel: aviation
Examplesofyawed
yawed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
A check using a singleyawedwire as direction meter detected none.
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In the procedure used one deals with the hyperbolic equations and an arbitrary shape of theyawedaerofoil can be assumed.
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Let us illustrate this with a straight,yawedlifting line.
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To illustrate these results, comparisons are made with lifting-surface theories applied on parabolic wings and on straight,yawed, elliptical wings.
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Bless et al. (1978) conducted experiments on this kind of impact foryawedkinetic energy projectiles upon armour plates.
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The balloon suddenlyyawed, the bow striking the winch canopy and the stern a building close by.
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During this time, ityawed1.25 degrees away from the tower to ensure adequate clearance despite adverse winds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The aircraft continued to climb to 100ft m, when ityawedleft and lost height.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.That is, while the vehicle rolled, pitched, andyawed, the inner gimbal remained in the same attitude to which it was set just before launch.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The aircraftyawedand rolled towards the left engine, as was observed shortly before the aircraft collided with the ground.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The aircraft thenyawedconsiderably to the right, passed through the fence, landed again in a field, and its main landing gears collapsed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At a height of 810 m, it suddenlyyawedleft and pitched nose-down.
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Technically, it measures sideslip angle, not yaw angle, but this indicates how the aircraft must beyawedto return the sideslip angle to zero.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Secondary shortcomings come from dealing with transient effects like dynamic stall, rotational effects like coriolis and centrifugal pumping, finally geometric effects that arise from coned andyawedrotors.
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