slewing

slewing

[′slü·iŋ] (engineering) Moving a radar antenna or a sonar transducer rapidly in a horizontal or vertical direction, or both. (navigation) In sea ice navigation, the act of forcing a ship through ice by pushing apart adjoining ice floes.

slewing

i. Of a gyro, the rotation of the spin axis caused by applying torque about the axis of rotation.
ii. In radar, changing the scale on the display.