yaw
pronunciation
How to pronounce yaw in British English:
UK [jɔ:]
How to pronounce yaw in American English:
US [jɔ]
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- Noun:
- an erratic deflection from an intended course
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- Verb:
- be wide open
- deviate erratically from a set course
- swerve off course momentarily
Word Origin
- yaw (v.)
- "to fall away from the line of a course," 1580s (as a noun 1540s), perhaps ultimately from Old Norse jaga, Old Danish jæge "to drive, chase," from Middle Low German jagen (see yacht).
Example
- 1. This lets the pilot check if the yaw dampener is working properly .
- 2. When the bar slides left or right , the yaw dampener needs to add right or left rudder to the turn to smooth it out .
- 3. These marine systems keep an eye on things such as rudder movements , yaw angles , wind speed and the strain the sails are taking .
- 4. Using high-speed photography they were able to quantify attributes like pitch , yaw , roll and oscillation frequency to determine the movements that attract different species of game fish .
- 5. In addition to stabilizing the robot in a similar way to an aircraft 's conventional vertical stabilizer , the tail also tilts to initiate left and right turns and rotates about the longitudinal axis to produce yaw .