Yaw
verb
To move from side to side, especially while moving forward.
The plane started to yaw after hitting turbulence.
Often appears as...
- yaw to the left
- yaw to the right
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Technical
noun
The action of moving from side to side, normally while moving forward.
The yaw of the ship was very noticeable due to the high winds.
Often appears as...
- degrees of yaw
- yaw rate
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To move from side to side, especially while moving forward.
The plane started to yaw after hitting turbulence.
Often appears as...
- yaw to the left
- yaw to the right
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The action of moving from side to side, normally while moving forward.
The yaw of the ship was very noticeable due to the high winds.
Often appears as...
- degrees of yaw
- yaw rate
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Use
Yaw is commonly used in aviation, navigation, or driving contexts, not in everyday conversation.
In the flight simulator, I practiced how to correct yaw manually.
Pro Tip 2/3Directional Aspect
Yaw implies movement from side to side while advancing; it doesn't mean reversing or spinning on the spot.
The boat began to yaw uncontrollably in the stormy sea.
Pro Tip 3/3Control Mechanisms
In vehicles, 'yaw control' refers to systems that help maintain stability and prevent excessive yaw.
Yaw control is critical for race cars on sharp turns.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Use
Yaw is commonly used in aviation, navigation, or driving contexts, not in everyday conversation.
In the flight simulator, I practiced how to correct yaw manually.
Pro Tip 2/3Directional Aspect
Yaw implies movement from side to side while advancing; it doesn't mean reversing or spinning on the spot.
The boat began to yaw uncontrollably in the stormy sea.
Pro Tip 3/3Control Mechanisms
In vehicles, 'yaw control' refers to systems that help maintain stability and prevent excessive yaw.
Yaw control is critical for race cars on sharp turns.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Use
Yaw is commonly used in aviation, navigation, or driving contexts, not in everyday conversation.
In the flight simulator, I practiced how to correct yaw manually.
Pro Tip 2/3Directional Aspect
Yaw implies movement from side to side while advancing; it doesn't mean reversing or spinning on the spot.
The boat began to yaw uncontrollably in the stormy sea.
Pro Tip 3/3Control Mechanisms
In vehicles, 'yaw control' refers to systems that help maintain stability and prevent excessive yaw.
Yaw control is critical for race cars on sharp turns.
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Fishing Tips: How to Rig...
got this poly ball cut at the end of it god forbid he does take it all you know the ball will kind of suspend and if we broke them off the rod when I won't still have to probably will have a visual on hopefully as I take it down I'm captain TJ yaw and that's how we like to rig the harpoons aboard the hot tuna
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Robert Full: Learning...
This is sort of incredible. But actually it's quite beautiful, when you take a picture of it. And it's better than that, it -- just in the slide -- maneuvers in mid-air. And the way it does it, is it takes its tail and it swings it one way to yaw left, and it swings its other way to yaw right.
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How does math guide our...
built a clock that could keep accurate time at sea. The timepiece that could maintain accurate time while on a pitching, yawing deck in harsh conditions was necessary in order to know the time back in England. There was one catch since such a timepiece was handmade, it was very expensive.
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The astounding athletic...
with the help of these flying machines called quadrocopters, or quads, for short. Quads have been around for a long time. They're so popular these days because they're mechanically simple. By controlling the speeds of these four propellers, these machines can roll, pitch, yaw,
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Robots that fly ... and...
if you increase the speed of rotor three and decrease the speed of rotor one, then the robot pitches forward. And then finally, if you spin opposite pairs of rotors faster than the other pair, then the robot yaws about the vertical axis. So an on-board processor
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Can we create new senses...
It's a bigger experience than a human can normally have. We're also expanding the umvelt of pilots. So in this case, the vest is streaming nine different measures from this quadcopter, so pitch and yaw and roll and orientation and heading,
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Larry Brilliant: TED...
with each other, not against each other, in a common cause to make the world better. But smallpox was the fourth disease that was intended for eradication. We failed three other times. We failed against malaria, yellow fever and yaws.
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How do wind turbines...
This turning process is called yawing, and older windmills achieved it through manual monitoring. Today, wind sensors and computer systems automatically adjust the blades with expert precision to capture as much energy as possible.
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Words worth knowing from...
people if you say into genomics it's about investigating the economies of indigenous people an omni copter I gotta read this to you this is awesome has two central counter-rotating coaxial propellers for thrust and yaw control
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The mind behind Tesla,...
So now it's hovering at about 40 meters, and it's constantly adjusting the angle, the pitch and yaw of the main engine,
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Fishing Tips: How to Rig...
got this poly ball cut at the end of it god forbid he does take it all you know the ball will kind of suspend and if we broke them off the rod when I won't still have to probably will have a visual on hopefully as I take it down I'm captain TJ yaw and that's how we like to rig the harpoons aboard the hot tuna
Video examples
Robert Full: Learning...
This is sort of incredible. But actually it's quite beautiful, when you take a picture of it. And it's better than that, it -- just in the slide -- maneuvers in mid-air. And the way it does it, is it takes its tail and it swings it one way to yaw left, and it swings its other way to yaw right.
Video examples
How does math guide our...
built a clock that could keep accurate time at sea. The timepiece that could maintain accurate time while on a pitching, yawing deck in harsh conditions was necessary in order to know the time back in England. There was one catch since such a timepiece was handmade, it was very expensive.
Video examples
The astounding athletic...
with the help of these flying machines called quadrocopters, or quads, for short. Quads have been around for a long time. They're so popular these days because they're mechanically simple. By controlling the speeds of these four propellers, these machines can roll, pitch, yaw,
Video examples
Robots that fly ... and...
if you increase the speed of rotor three and decrease the speed of rotor one, then the robot pitches forward. And then finally, if you spin opposite pairs of rotors faster than the other pair, then the robot yaws about the vertical axis. So an on-board processor
Video examples
Can we create new senses...
It's a bigger experience than a human can normally have. We're also expanding the umvelt of pilots. So in this case, the vest is streaming nine different measures from this quadcopter, so pitch and yaw and roll and orientation and heading,
Video examples
Larry Brilliant: TED...
with each other, not against each other, in a common cause to make the world better. But smallpox was the fourth disease that was intended for eradication. We failed three other times. We failed against malaria, yellow fever and yaws.
Video examples
How do wind turbines...
This turning process is called yawing, and older windmills achieved it through manual monitoring. Today, wind sensors and computer systems automatically adjust the blades with expert precision to capture as much energy as possible.
Video examples
Words worth knowing from...
people if you say into genomics it's about investigating the economies of indigenous people an omni copter I gotta read this to you this is awesome has two central counter-rotating coaxial propellers for thrust and yaw control
Video examples
The mind behind Tesla,...
So now it's hovering at about 40 meters, and it's constantly adjusting the angle, the pitch and yaw of the main engine,
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Vijay Kumar
Indian Scientist
The big mathematical challenge for flying robots is making them move in six dimensions: x, y, z, pitch, yaw and roll. We create 3-D obstacle courses in the lab - windows, doors, hula-hoops taped to posts - and ask the robots to fly through. It looks like a Harry Potter Quidditch match.
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Diablo Cody
American Writer
Hollywood is a perpetual summerland, a temperate, godless yaw where the very word 'season' has been co-opted by television executives. There are few harbingers of winter here.
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Cara Buono
American Actress
I want to do a character in a one-woman show who's a yoga teacher from the Bronx. I could do the best accent: 'Raise yaw ahms up! Reach faw da sky!
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Vijay Kumar
Indian Scientist
The big mathematical challenge for flying robots is making them move in six dimensions: x, y, z, pitch, yaw and roll. We create 3-D obstacle courses in the lab - windows, doors, hula-hoops taped to posts - and ask the robots to fly through. It looks like a Harry Potter Quidditch match.
Quote examples
Diablo Cody
American Writer
Hollywood is a perpetual summerland, a temperate, godless yaw where the very word 'season' has been co-opted by television executives. There are few harbingers of winter here.
Quote examples
Cara Buono
American Actress
I want to do a character in a one-woman show who's a yoga teacher from the Bronx. I could do the best accent: 'Raise yaw ahms up! Reach faw da sky!
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