yawing
present 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.
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
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Examplesofyawing
yawing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
However, tilting andyawingof the platform is always combined with a translational movements in x- and y-directions.
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Movements of any horizontal section of caudal fin, with yaw angle fluctuating in phase with its velocity of lateral translation, are studied for different positions of theyawingaxis.
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Will all this tacking andyawingget him anywhere?
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Not only does the trailer tend to yaw going round the corner, but theyawingtends to throw out the steering of the towing car.
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The necessaryyawingtorque was created by means of animal power, human power or even wind power (implementation of an auxiliary rotor known as fantail).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the aircraft isyawing, then the wing on the outside of this yaw movement will go faster than the inner wing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Yaw rate input at any roll angle generates rudder, fin and fuselage force vectors which dominate the resultantyawingmoment.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Also, because the aircraft isyawing, the left wing is flying faster than the right even though both are connected to the same aircraft.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Unable to steer with the north wind on her port beam,yawingbetween 80 and 100 degrees, the whaleboat and depth charges were swept off.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One response to a single unstart was unstarting both inlets to preventyawing, then restarting them both.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the engines shut off, the cross-control condition, which was keeping the airplane fromyawing, now became the perfect spin entry input.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The rolling, pitching andyawing, coupled with the pounding of wind and waves, would knock existing clocks out of the correct time.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She wasyawingslightly, and her sails did not look right, being slightly torn.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He asserted thatyawingand cavitation do not typically cause severe tissue trauma.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Motion bases are fixed in place but use actuators to move the simulator in ways that can produce the sensations pitching,yawingor rolling.
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