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'''Yaw''' or '''yaws''' may refer to:
== Measurement and technology ==
=== Movement about the vertical axis ===
* [[Yaw angle]] (or yaw rotation), one of the angular degrees of freedom of any stiff body (for example a vehicle), describing rotation about the vertical axis
** [[Yaw (aviation)]], one of the aircraft principal axes of rotation, describing motion about the vertical axis of an aircraft (nose-left or nose-right angle measured from vertical axis)
** [[Yaw (ship motion)]], one of the ship motions' principal axes of rotation, describing motion about the vertical axis of a ship (bow-left or bow-right angle measured from vertical axis)
* Yaw rate (or yaw velocity), the angular speed of yaw rotation, measured with a [[yaw rate sensor]]
* [[Yawing moment]], the angular momentum of a yaw rotation, important for adverse yaw in aircraft dynamics
=== Wind turbines ===
* [[Yaw system]], a yaw angle control system in wind turbines responsible for the orientation of the rotor towards the wind
** [[Yaw bearing]], the most crucial and cost intensive component of modern horizontal axis wind turbine yaw systems
** [[Yaw drive]], an important component of modern horizontal axis wind turbine yaw systems
=== Other technology ===
* [[Yaws (web server)]]
== People and religion ==
* [[Yaw (ethnic group)]], a Burmese ethnic group
* [[Yaw (name)]], a Ghanaian given name for a boy born on Thursday
* [[Ellen Beach Yaw]] (1869&ndash;1947), a concert singer
* [[Eugene Yaw]] (born 1943), a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
* [[Shane Dawson]] (born Shane Lee Yaw in 1987)
* [[Yaw (god)]], a Levantine god
== Other ==
* [[Yaw-Yan]], a Filipino martial art
* [[Yaws]], a tropical disease
* [[CFB Shearwater]] (ICAO: CYAW), Shearwater, Nova Scotia Canada
==See also==
* [[Yours (disambiguation)]], various meanings, most prominently as a pronoun
* [[Yew (disambiguation)]]
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