Definitions Found:
to change direction, as on a course
- putto change direction, as on a course
- sinsgyroscopic device indicating the exact speed and position of a vessel, as indicated by differences in positions over a given period on a given course, as well as the direction of true north
- reversalA change to an opposite direction, position, or course of action
- reversalsA change to an opposite direction, position, or course of action
- deflectsCause (something) to change direction by interposing something; turn aside from a straight course
- deflectedCause (something) to change direction by interposing something; turn aside from a straight course
- deflectingCause (something) to change direction by interposing something; turn aside from a straight course
- deflectCause (something) to change direction by interposing something; turn aside from a straight course
- divertedCause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another
- divertingCause (someone or something) to change course or turn from one direction to another
- reiningCause (a horse) to change direction by pulling on its reins
- breaking(of a bowled cricket ball) Change direction on bouncing, due to spin
- breaks(of a bowled cricket ball) Change direction on bouncing, due to spin
- christieany of several skiing turns executed in order to change direction on a downhill run or for decreasing speed or stopping, esp. a turn in which the body is swung around with the skis kept parallel
- widdershinsIn a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; counterclockwise
- haulto change a ship's course so as to get farther off from an object
- haulto change the course of (a sailing vessel) so as to sail closer to the wind
- jibedchange a vessel's course when sailing with the wind so that as the stern passes through the eye of the wind the boom swings to the opposite side
- jibingchange a vessel's course when sailing with the wind so that as the stern passes through the eye of the wind the boom swings to the opposite side
- gradientsrate of change with respect to direction of a variable quantity, as temperature or pressure, represented by a curve or vector whose coordinates are the partial derivatives of the quantity's associated function
- precessionThe slow movement of the axis of a spinning body around another axis due to a torque (such as gravitational influence) acting to change the direction of the first axis. It is seen in the circle slowly traced out by the pole of a spinning gyroscope