yaw

v., yawed, yaw·ing, yaws.

v.intr.

1. Nautical. To swerve off course momentarily or temporarily: The ship yawed as the heavy wave struck abeam.
2. To turn about the vertical axis. Used of an aircraft, spacecraft, or projectile.
3. To move unsteadily; weave.

v.tr.

To cause to yaw.

n.

1. The act of yawing.
2. Extent of yawing, measured in degrees.

[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

Movements of an object that are measured as angles. Pitch is up and down like a box lid. Yaw is left and right like a door on hinges, and roll is rotation.

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verb

1. To turn aside sharply from a straight course: chop², cut, sheer¹, skew, slue¹, swerve, veer. See change/persist.
2. To lean suddenly, unsteadily, and erratically from the vertical axis: lurch, pitch, roll, seesaw. See move/halt, straight/bent.

v. (of a moving ship or aircraft) twist or oscillate about a vertical axis: the jet yawed sharply to the right.

n.

a twisting or oscillation of a moving ship or aircraft about a vertical axis.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

1. A movement in a fluid of a body, such as a swimmer, about the body's vertical axis.

2. The lateral deviation of an object moving in a fluid from a straight course.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - dreje, gire, slingre
v. tr. - dreje, gire, slingre
n. - giring, drejning, gir, slingren

Nederlands (Dutch)
(doen) gieren (schip of vliegtuig), gier(slag)

Français (French)
v. intr. - (Naut, Aviat) dévier
v. tr. - faire dévier
n. - déviation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gieren, Scheren
v. - gieren, scheren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παρατιμονιά, παρέκκλιση
v. - παρεκκλίνω από ρότα

Italiano (Italian)
imbardata, imbardare, straorzare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - guinada (f)
v. - guinar

Русский (Russian)
отклонение от курса, отклоняться от курса

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - guiñarse
v. tr. - guiñar, dar un bandazo, despistarse
n. - guiñada, bandazo, despiste

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gir
v. - gira

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
偏航, 使偏航, 侧滑

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 偏航
v. tr. - 使偏航
n. - 偏航, 側滑

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 한쪽으로 흔들리다, 침로에서 벗어나다
v. tr. - ~을 침로에서 벗어나게 하다, 한쪽으로 흔들리게 하다
n. - 한쪽으로 흔들림, 침로에서 벗어남, 편요각(도)

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 船首を左右に振る, 偏走する, それさせる
n. - 揺首, 偏走

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انعرج, انحرف, زاغ (فعل) انعراج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮סטה מהמסלול (אוניה או מטוס), התנודד מצד לצד‬
v. tr. - ‮היטה מהמסלול, נענע‬
n. - ‮סטייה, זווית הסטייה‬

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