Slew may refer to:

Motion control

Slew (spacecraft) The slew of a spacecraft is its orientation in reference to a plane or fixed position such as Earth, the Sun, another celestial body or other point in space. When moving to assume such an orientation, the spacecraft is slewing. During spaceflight, ...

, describes methods of changing the attitude of a spacecraft *

Slewing Slewing is the rotation of an object around an axis, usually the z axis. An example is a radar scanning 360 degrees by slewing around the z axis. This is also common terminology in astronomy. The process of rotating a telescope to observe a diffe ...

, the rotation of an object around an axis * Eigenvector slew, a particular method of calculating the rotation required for a specific desired change in attitude

People

Last name

* Jenny Slew (1719 – after 1765), Black American who sued for her freedom *

Jordan Slew Jordan Michael Slew (born 7 September 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Southport. Born in Sheffield, Slew began his footballing career at Sheffield United's academy in 2006, joining the club at the ...

(born 1992), English footballer

Nickname

* William Hester (1912–1993), American tennis player and official *

John S. McCain Sr. John Sidney "Slew" McCain Sr. (9 August 1884 – 6 September 1945) was a United States Navy admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family. McCain held several commands during the Pacific War of World War II and was a pioneer of aircr ...

(1884–1945), United States Navy admiral

Race horses

Seattle Slew Seattle Slew (February 15, 1974 – May 7, 2002) was a champion American Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse who became the tenth winner of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States), American Triple Crown (1977). He is one of only ...

(1974–2002), American Triple Crown winner in 1977 *

Slew o' Gold Slew o' Gold (April 19, 1980 – October 14, 2007) was an American thoroughbred racehorse who was voted the 1983 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Three-Year-Old Male Horse and the 1984 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse. Background ...

(1980–2007), U.S. Three Year-old Male Champion in 1983 * Slewacide (1980–2000), broodmare sire of Funny Cide

Other uses

* Slew footing, an infraction in the sport of ice hockey *

Slew rate In electronics and electromagnetics, slew rate is defined as the change of voltage or current, or any other electrical or electromagnetic quantity, per unit of time. Expressed in SI units, the unit of measurement is given as the change per seco ...

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

The Slew The Slew is a multinational rock-influenced electronic music project consisting of Canadian turntablist Kid Koala, American producer Dynomite D, and Australian rock musicians Chris Ross and Myles Heskett, formerly of the band Wolfmother. Hi ...