ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Proverse

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Proverse is an adjective meaning (aviation) Describing the tendency of a plane to roll in the same direction as yaw.

Meaning

(aviation) Describing the tendency of a plane to roll in the same direction as yaw.

More Meanings

  1. Favourable; in line with one's interests or desires.
  2. In the typical or canonical direction, order, or orientation.
  3. Curved backward or downward.
  4. (paleontology) Narrower at the top.

Example Sentences

But this, like every other, has its proverse and reverse aspects.
This is preferred over adverse yaw unless it becomes too proverse!
Because of this, safety helmets have been the target of litigation to the extreme, with both adverse and proverse effect.
A risk proverse or risk loving person would be more willing to take the risk if there is a chance of yielding higher value design alternatives.

Antonyms for proverse

Common opposites include adverse, converse, reverse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gyroidal, antitorque, right-handed, left-handed, antiplane, quartering.

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