Yaw

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Yaw may refer to:

• Yaw angle, one of the Tait-Bryan angles, describing the heading of a vehicle or machine, and some other related elements:
  • Yaw system, component responsible for the orientation of a wind turbine towards the wind
  • Yaw bearing, one of the components to keep optimal heading in a wind turbine
• Yaw, rotation around the vertical axis in aircraft, an aspect of flight dynamics and some other related elements:
  • Yaw (rotation)
  • Yaw rate sensor, angular speed of yaw rotation
• Yaw (god), a Levantine god
• Yaw drive, a wind turbine component
• CFB Shearwater, Shearwater, Nova Scotia Canada
• Ellen Beach Yaw (1869–1947), a concert singer
• Eugene Yaw (born 1943), a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
• Yàw, Thursday, see Akan day names
• Yaw-Yan, a Filipino martial art
• Yaws, a tropical disease
• Yaws (web server)
• Yaw (ethnic group), a Burmese ethnic group
• Yaw, a Ghanaian name for a boy born on Thursday
• YAW, an acronym for You Are Welcome

See also

• Yours (disambiguation), various meanings, most prominently as a pronoun
• Yew (disambiguation)