Slew

People

• Jordan Slew (born 1992), an English footballer

Animals

• Seattle Slew (1974–2002), an American race horse

Astronomy

• Slewing, the process of rotating a telescope to observe a different region of the sky

Computing

• Clock slew, tiny variations in clock frequency, is adjusted by Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon

Electronics

• Slew rate, the maximum rate of change of a signal at any point in a circuit

Machinery

• Slew, in crane (machine) terminology, is angular movement of a crane boom or crane jib in a horizontal plane^[1]

Motion control

• Slew (spacecraft), describes methods of changing the attitude of a spacecraft
• Eigenvector slew, a particular method of calculating the rotation required for a specific desired change in attitude

See also

• Slough (disambiguation)
• The Slew, a Canadian music project

References

1. AS 2549-1996 Cranes (including hoists and winches) - Glossary of terms. Standards Australia. 1996. ISBN 0 7337 0609 6.