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ALL meanings of yawing

yaw
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  • verb without object yawing to deviate temporarily from a straight course, as a ship. 1
  • verb without object yawing (of an aircraft) to have a motion about its vertical axis. 1
  • verb without object yawing (of a rocket or guided missile) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by oscillation of the longitudinal axis in the horizontal plane. 1
  • verb with object yawing to cause to yaw. 1
  • noun yawing a movement of deviation from a direct course, as of a ship. 1
  • noun yawing a motion of an aircraft about its vertical axis. 1
  • noun yawing 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. 1
  • noun yawing the act of yawing. the angular displacement of the longitudinal axis due to yawing. 1
  • noun yawing Present participle of yaw. 1
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