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What is the difference between corresponding and yaw?

corresponding | yaw |

As verbs the difference between corresponding and yaw

is that corresponding is (correspond) while yaw is (aviation) to turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.

As nouns the difference between corresponding and yaw

is that corresponding is action of the verb to correspond while yaw is 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.

As a adjective corresponding

is that have a similar relationship.

corresponding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to correspond

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that have a similar relationship
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    • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title=England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott. }}

    Derived terms

    * corresponding angles * correspondingly

    yaw

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia yaw) (en 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.
  • An act of yawing.
  • (nautical) 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
    • the yaw of an aircraft

    See also

    * heading * pitch * roll * surge * scend

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (aviation) To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.
  • (nautical) To swerve off course to port or starboard.
  • (nautical) To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course.
  • * Lowell
    • Just as he would lay the ship's course, all yawing being out of the question.
  • To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.

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