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slew — slew1 [slu:] v [I,T always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Origin unknown] to turn or slide in a different direction suddenly and violently, or to make a vehicle do this slew around/sideways ▪ I lost control of the car and it… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Slew rate — In electronics, the slew rate represents the maximum rate of change of a signal at any point in a circuit.Limitations in slew rate capability can give rise to non linear effects in electronic amplifiers. For a sinusoidal waveform not to be… … Wikipedia
slew — I. past of slay II. variant of slough I 1b III. verb also slue Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1769 transitive verb 1. to turn (as a telescope or a ship s spar) about a fixed point that is usually the axis … New Collegiate Dictionary
slew — 1 verb (intransitive, transitive always + adv/prep) to turn or swing suddenly and violently, or to make something do this (+ around/sideways): I lost control of the car and it slewed sideways into the ditch. 2 the past tense of slay 3 noun a slew … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
slew — I UK [sluː] / US [slu] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms slew : present tense I/you/we/they slew he/she/it slews present participle slewing past tense slewed past participle slewed British to turn and move suddenly and quickly in a… … English dictionary
slew — sluË n. huge amount, large quantity (Slang) n. slough, marsh, bog, swamp; slue, act of turning or rotating v. slue; turn around, rotate, pivot; turn to the side, veer off to the side sleɪ v. kill, murder, slaughter; destroy, exterminate;… … English contemporary dictionary
Eigenvector slew — In aerospace engineering, especially those areas dealing with spacecraft, the eigenvector slew is a method to calculate a steering correction (called a slew) by rotating the spacecraft around one fixed axis. This correponds in general to the… … Wikipedia
To turn around one's finger — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Orcus (Dungeons & Dragons) — Orcus Game background Title(s) Prince of the Undead, Prince of Undeath, The Blood Lord Home plane Abyss Power level Demon lord Alignment … Wikipedia
Timeline of the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain — Constructing a chronology of the early Anglo Saxon period is highly complex, and the limitations of our source material place restrictions on just how accurate any chronology can be. Much of our dating of the period comes from Bede, writing in… … Wikipedia
Equestrian Sports — ▪ 2009 Introduction Thoroughbred Racing. United States. A seemingly invincible three year old colt named Big Brown took American Thoroughbred racing by storm during the 2008 spring classic season. In the 134th Kentucky Derby on May 3, Big… … Universalium
