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The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller.
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Rotation of an aircraft about its lateral axis.
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An angular deviation possible in positioning systems, in which the tables' leading edge rises or falls as the table translates along its direction of travel. This represents rotation around a horizontal axis, perpendicular to the direction of travel.
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The motion of a plane as its nose moves up or down
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The up and down motion of an airplane.
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The rotation of a spacecraft about the horizontal axis normal to its longitudinal axis (in the along-track direction) so as to cause a nose-up or nose-down attitude.
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The up and down movement along an imaginary axis between the front and rear of a vehicle. Often during hard braking, the vehicle's nose will "dive" or pitch down in front. During acceleration the back end will "squat" or pitch down in the rear.
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one of three ways an aircraft can move. The other two are roll and yaw. Using the elevators to tip the aircraft's nose up or down causes a change in pitch
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It refers to the rotation of a car around a horizontal axis, which causes its nose or back to move up and down. Dive and squat are pitching motions.
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A term borrowed from aeronautics to describe the effective static rotation of the aircraft about an imaginary horizontal pin perpendicular to the direction of motion. Thus the aircraft can be moving forward but not necessarily pointing forward but be nose.
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rotation which occurs around a horizontal transverse axis through the center mass.
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A description of the movement of the nose of an aircraft up or down, in relation to its previous altitude.
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Rotation around the X-axis
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The up and down movement along an imaginary axis running parallel to the road and in the direction of the vehicle's movement.
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The motion of a vehicle in which the front moves up and down relative to the static position.
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Rotation about a lateral axis such that the forward end rises or falls relative to the aft end
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Up and down motion of the aircraft nose.
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A ship's "ability to rotate about her transverse horizontal axis, or to put it more simply, tilt forwards and backwards." (Uden & Cooper)
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Rotation along X axis
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An angular rotation of an aircraft or spacecraft around an axis through the wings (which has the effect of moving the nose up or down).
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Rotary motions of the sprung mass of a car around the transverse axis. The front end will rise while the rear lowers and vice versa.
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Rotation about the port/starboard axis. Not modelled for either vessel in this simulation; assumed zero.
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the up and down forward motion of a boat as it goes over a wave
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describes the motion of a ship about her transverse axis; this causes the forward and aft ends of the ship to rise and fall repeatedly; one of the six principal motions of a ship in waves compare heave, roll, surge, sway, yaw
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Rotation around the side-to-side axis.
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A mixture of boiled tar and coarse resin. Also a term for a ship's rotational motion, the rise and fall of the bow and stern.
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A rotation of an aircraft up and down around the wing axis. This effect is caused by the elevator.
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The rotation of a vehicle about its lateral (Y) axis, i.e. movement in elevation.
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Nose up or down attitude. Controlled by shifting of pilot's weight to front or rear.
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The rotation of a car about a horizontal axis, which causes its nose or tail to bob up and down. Dive and squat are pitching motions.
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1. “See-saw” movement of the body around the horizontal axis of the LINE. (See also ROLL, YAW) 2. The angle at which the hand and the direction of relative water movement interface during swimming movement patterns.
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The angular displacement of a view along the lateral axis (front - back).
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Degree of nose up or nose down from level to the horizon.
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Rotation of an aircraft about the horizontal axis normal to its longitudinal axis, that causes a nose-up or nose-down attitude.
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An aircraft can move in three directions, or axes, of which pitch is one. It pitches when the nose moves up or down. Pitch is contolled by the elevators, which are usually attached to the tailplane. The other two axes are roll and yaw.
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A rotational motion in which an airplane turns about its lateral axis. Pushing forward on the control stick will lower the elevators, which forces the tail upward. The pilot will then see the nose of the aircraft fall or pitch.
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Pitch refers to the vertical (up and down) axis or plane of an object.
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one of the three axes of motion for an airplane; pitch moves the nose up or down in relation to level flight
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The movement of an aircraft around an imaginary line extending from wingtip to wingtip, that results in the tail moving up and down. Pitch is controlled by elevators on the airplane.
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Rotation of a barcode symbol about an axis parallel to the direction of the bars.
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A term with two different meanings. Pitch (referring to an airplane) is the tendency for its nose to unexpectedly move up or down without pilot input. Pitch (referring to a propeller) measures how far forward the prop will travel in one complete revolution. An 11x7 propeller, for example, is a prop that is 11” in diameter and will pull a plane 7” forward with each revolution. See also roll and yaw.
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angular motion about the athwartships axis of the ship
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The oscillation of a ship about the lateral axis, that is, alternate rising and falling of bow and stern. See roll, yaw, ship motion.
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a. Angular rotation about the lateral axis, typically the Y-axis for X-Y-Z. b. The spacing between consecutive threads on a threaded part. The inverse of TPI.
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