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yaw, in aviation: see airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. ..... Click the link for more information. ; airfoil airfoil, surface designed to develop a desired force by reaction with a fluid, especially air, that is flowing across the surface. For example, the fixed wing surfaces of an airplane produce lift, which opposes gravity. ..... Click the link for more information. . yawSee pitch-yaw-roll. yaw 1. the angular movement of an aircraft, missile, etc., about its vertical axis 2. the deviation of a vessel from a straight course How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Suddenly the schooner in front of me gave a violent yaw, turning, perhaps, through twenty degrees; and almost at the same moment one shout followed another from on board; I could hear feet pounding on the companion ladder and I knew that the two drunkards had at last been interrupted in their quarrel and awakened to a sense of their disaster. It's the first foul wind I ever knew to blow from astern; but look, did ever whale yaw so before? Just in time I blow my horn, and your boat she yaw a little. |
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