Slew
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  • In electronics, the slew rate
    Slew rate
    In electronics, the slew rate represents the maximum rate of change of a signal at any point in a circuit.Limitations in slew rate capability can give rise to non linear effects in electronic amplifiers...

     represents the maximum rate of change of a signal at any point in a circuit
  • In motion control, particularly with application to telescopes and spacecraft, slewing is the rotation of an object about an axis
    • In spacecraft navigation, slew (spacecraft)
      Slew (spacecraft)
      A spacecraft is either spin stabilized or 3 axis stabilized .For a spin stabilized spacecraft a slew means a change of the direction of the spin axis relative to space. This can be done by applying a torque to the spacecraft, in general by operating a thruster in pulsed mode synchronous to the spin...

       describes methods of changing the attitude of a spacecraft
      • The eigenvector slew
        Eigenvector slew
        In aerospace engineering, especially those areas dealing with spacecraft, the eigenvector slew is a method to calculate a steering correction by rotating the spacecraft around one fixed axis...

         is a particular method of calculating the rotation required for a specific desired change in attitude
    • In astronomy, the process of rotating a telescope to observe a different region of the sky is referred to as slewing
  • In computing, the Network Time Protocol (NTP)
    Network Time Protocol
    The Network Time Protocol is a protocol and software implementation for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. Originally designed by David L...

     daemon uses slew, tiny variations in clock frequency, to adjust for clock skew
    Clock skew
    -In circuit design:In circuit designs, clock skew is a phenomenon in synchronous circuits in which the clock signal arrives at different components at different times...

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