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单词 yawing
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yawingn.

/ˈjɔːɪŋ/
Etymology: < yaw v.1 + -ing suffix1.
The action of yaw v.1; temporary deviation of a vessel from her course; unsteady movement from side to side; also figurative and attributive.
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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.
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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).
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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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