Yaw

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The word yaw can refer to:

• Yaw, to rotate about a vertical axis; used in naval architecture, navigation, aeronautics and flight dynamics. Rotation about horizontal axes are called pitch and roll.
• Yaw angle, the angle about a vertical axis; used in naval architecture, navigation, aeronautics and flight dynamics. Angles about horizontal axes are called pitch angle and roll angle.
• Yaw (god), the Levantine god of chaos, rivers, the sea, and tempests;
• Yaw drive, an important component in wind turbines.
• The IATA code for Halifax/Shearwater Airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• YAW, an acronym of "You Are Welcome".
• Ellen Beach Yaw, a singer at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.
• Yaw, an Akan day-name originating in Ghana and given to a male born on a Thursday.
• Yaw-Yan, a Filipino martial art developed by Napoleon Fernandez

See also:

• Yaws (disambiguation)
• your (pronoun)