turbinate vs yaw

turbinate

verb
  • To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. 

adj
  • Shaped or spinning like a top (spinning top). 

  • In the shape of a coil. 

  • Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone. 

  • Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex. 

noun
  • A turbinal or turbinate bone. 

yaw

verb
  • To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course. 

  • To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course. 

  • To swerve off course to port or starboard. 

  • To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works. 

noun
  • The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane. 

  • The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile. 

  • A single tumor in the disease called yaws. 

  • A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness. 

  • The extent of yawing; the rotation angle about the vertical axis. 

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