The tail of an otter.
Used in a Sentence
rudder
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for rudder.
Editorial note
Do you mean you can't tell if the sail and rudder are responding to key presses?
Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
The tail of an otter.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of rudder gathered in one view.
A riddle or sieve.
(figurative) That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for rudder.
noun
The tail of an otter.
noun
A riddle or sieve.
noun
(figurative) That which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs the course.
noun
(nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).
Example sentences
Do you mean you can't tell if the sail and rudder are responding to key presses?
Some career pilots have very little stick-and-rudder (& thrust lever) experience, and fly on autopilot for thousands of hours.
The plane flies perfectly straight regardless of wind and updrafts unless you give rudder or elevator inputs.
This type of helicopter uses collective and cyclic pitch oscillations, and a rudder.
In a hammerhead turn you climb vertically until the aircraft stalls, then use the rudder to yaw the aircraft to a vertical dive.
Semantic, I suppose, but I think it's crucial to take the rudder so to speak by developing hypotheses deliberately.
At the same time, you use opposite rudder to align the nose with the ground track (which is aligned with the runway on approach).
One of the four control buttons has functionality (I was increasing the rudder angle, I believe).
Frankly, Eric Rudder should promptly write a book about how to maintain a VP position at a bigcorp without actually doing anything for a decade.
No other company can afford to be so rudder-less.
The super tanker's rudder was changed years ago.
I have changed the controls to q/w and o/p for rudder control and sail control respectively, as per a request from a Mac user.
Quote examples
I think you need a rudder to counteract the force of the sail swinging the boat around the keel and you need to consider that a full sail (purposely) becomes "wing-shaped" as noted above.
Some important limitations to keep in mind with solar sails are that the momentum imparted on them tails off according to an inverse square law, and also that since they have no medium like water to push against (hence no rudder), you can't "tack into the wind" like a sailboat can.
Proper noun examples
Rudder is a free iPhone that enables users to receive quick feedback on upcoming decisions.
Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking) by Christian Rudder.
Also will be interesting to see if this follows a lot of the online dating trends that was outlined in Christian Rudder's Dataclysm book.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use rudder in a sentence?
Do you mean you can't tell if the sail and rudder are responding to key presses?
What does rudder mean?
The tail of an otter.
What part of speech is rudder?
rudder is commonly used as noun.