单词 | yawing |
释义 | yawingn. The action of yaw v.1; temporary deviation of a vessel from her course; unsteady movement from side to side; also figurative and attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [noun] yawinga1614 vacillation1633 titubation1643 wambling1680 teetering1845 society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > ability to answer helm > tendency to go off course > swerving or deviation yaw1546 yawinga1614 sheering1627 veeringa1682 sheer1694 sheer-off1808 society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [noun] > motion round vertical axis yawing1915 yaw1916 a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 253 Be hir tumbling and yeawing, the mast schouk sa louse, that Mr. Robert.. haid mikle ado to fasten the sam. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 38 He that keepes the Ship most from yawing doth commonly vse the lest motion with the Helme. 1793 Ld. Nelson Let. 22 Oct. in Dispatches & Lett. (1844) I. 335 The Chase..by yawing, which her superiority in sailing enabled her to do, gave us many broadsides. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma lii There is a great yawing of mouths and..renewed inquiries for fords. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 293 The language has such a fatal genius for going stern-foremost, for yawing. 1915 A. Fage Aeroplane vi. 86 An indifference [on the part of pilots] to yawing, and possibly to rolling, is regarded favourably in many aeronautical circles. 1935 C. G. Burge Compl. Bk. Aviation 238/1 This causes a ‘yawing’ effect in the opposite direction to the turning effect of the rudder [of the plane]. 1975 L. J. Clancy Aerodynamics xvi. 525 If the aircraft has a yawing velocity, r, this affects the fin incidence in the same way that pitching velocity affects the tail incidence. Compounds yawing axis n. a vertical axis through a ship or aircraft; an axis through a spacecraft normal to both the longitudinal and lateral axes. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > qualities and parameters of aircraft > [noun] > axes of specific moments rolling axis1731 longitudinal axis1744 pitching axis1920 roll axis1945 pitch axis1952 yawing axis1953 yaw axis1959 1953 New Biol. 14 66 Stability can be related to any of the three axes—the rolling axis (parallel to its direction of flight), the yawing axis.., and the pitching axis. 1978 Jrnl. Fluid Mech. 87 533 These passive yawing motions are studied to find their amplitude, the yawing axis and any associated energy dissipation. Derivatives ˈyawing adj. that yaws (literal and figurative). ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] waveringc1540 tilting1606 titubating1653 volatile1654 tittering1661 drunken1786 wavery1820 vacillating1822 joggly1828 yawing1835 teetering1845 wambly1857 pecky1864 drunk1881 teetery1900 wambling1908 1835 R. Whately in E. J. Whately Life & Corr. R. Whately (1866) I. 292 Another [evil] will be a sort of unsteady yawing course of the state-ship. 1850 ‘H. Hieover’ Pract. Horsemanship v. 92 A more yawing, pully-hauly brute I had scarcely ever ridden. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. xiii. 219 Soames' eyes tracked them through the shifting, yawing throng. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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