Slew

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• In electronics, the slew rate represents the maximum rate of change of a signal at any point in a circuit
• In motion control, particularly with application to telescopes and spacecraft, slewing is the rotation of an object about an axis
  • In Crane (machine) terminology, slew is angular movement of a crane boom or crane jib in a horizontal plane ^[1]
  • In spacecraft navigation, slew (spacecraft) describes methods of changing the attitude of a spacecraft
    • The eigenvector slew is a particular method of calculating the rotation required for a specific desired change in attitude
  • In astronomy, the process of rotating a telescope to observe a different region of the sky is referred to as slewing
• In computing, the Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon uses slew, tiny variations in clock frequency, to adjust for clock skew.

People

• Jordan Slew (born 1992), an English footballer

Animals

• Seattle Slew (1974–2002), an American race horse

See also

• The Slew, a Canadian music project
• Slough (disambiguation)

References

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