Dutch roll

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Dutch roll

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The aeronautical sense is named after the ice figure skating sense.

noun Dutch rolls

An aircraft motion consisting of an out-of-phase combination of yaw and roll, especially prominent on sweptwing aircraft.
Skating repetitively to right and left on the outer edge of one's skates.

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@misc{dutch_roll_2026,
  title = {Dutch roll},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dutch%20roll},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}