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yaw
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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.
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; 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.
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yaw

See 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

yaw []
(mechanics)
The rotational or oscillatory movement of a ship, aircraft, rocket, or the like about a vertical axis. Also known as yawing.
The amount of this movement, that is, the angle of yaw.
To rotate or oscillate about a vertical axis.


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