slewing in English

noun
1
the response of an electronic device to a sudden large increase in input, especially one that causes the device to respond at its maximum rate.
The BAT detects bursts and initiates the autonomous slewing to bring the XRT and the Ultraviolet / Optical Telescope within focus of the burst.
verb
1
turn or slide violently or uncontrollably in a particular direction.
the Chevy slewed from side to side in the snow
2
(of an electronic device) undergo slewing.
The telescope slewed to the coordinates as soon as it received the alert and within seven minutes of the start of the burst, it began observations.
verb

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1. Also called slewing rings or slewing Bearings, they are installed between two surfaces to keep parts aligned and support axial and radial loads.

2. additional hoists and slewing gear units and adaptation of the roller bearing slew ring and rope pulleys to the requirements of bulk handling under extreme conditions.

3. The self-Centralising troughing set is designed as a series of rollers arranged in a trough positioned onto the supporting transom which itself is fixed to a slewing ring which permits rotation

4. A second input of the digital adderreceives a negative digital error signal and the output of the digital adder provides a digital capacitance measurement signal corrected for an error current which is integrated across the reference capacitor in the gain mode due to the slewing of the operational amplifier.