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▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (nautical) A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness.
▸ noun: The extent of yawing; the rotation angle about the vertical axis.
▸ verb: (intransitive, aviation) To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course.
▸ verb: (intransitive, nautical) To swerve off course to port or starboard.
▸ verb: (intransitive, nautical) To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
▸ noun: A single tumor in the disease called yaws.
▸ noun: A surname.
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