Slew may refer to:

Motion control

Slew (spacecraft) Slew and slewing are terms which can refer to a spacecraft's orientation or movement in reference to a plane or fixed position such as Earth, the Sun, another celestial body or other point in space. During space flight, a craft's attitude must be c ...

, describes methods of changing the attitude of a spacecraft * Slewing, the rotation of an object around an axis *

Eigenvector slew In aerospace engineering, especially those areas dealing with spacecraft, the eigenvector slew is a method to calculate a steering correction (called a slew) by rotating the spacecraft around one fixed axis, or a gimbal. This corresponds in ge ...

, a particular method of calculating the rotation required for a specific desired change in attitude

People

Last name

Jenny Slew Jenny Slew (1719 – after 1765) was one of the first black Americans to sue for her freedom, and the first person to succeed through trial by jury.Sara Kakazu, "Slew, Jenny, 1719–?)," in ''African American National Biography'online/ref> Biogra ...

(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 FC Halifax Town. Born in Sheffield, Slew began his footballing career at Sheffield United's academy in 2006, joining the club a ...

(born 1992), English footballer

Nickname

William Hester William Ewing Hester Jr. (May 7, 1912 – February 8, 1993), also known as Slew Hester, was an American tennis player and official. He was president of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) from 1977 to 1978, and the first USTA president fro ...

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

John S. McCain Sr. John Sidney "Slew" McCain (August 9, 1884 – September 6, 1945) was a United States Navy, U.S. Navy Admiral (United States), admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family. McCain held several command assignments during the Pacific War, ...

(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 Slewacide (1980–2000) was an American thoroughbred racehorse foaled in Oklahoma. He was out of the Buckpasser mare, Evasive, by the undefeated 1977 Triple Crown winner, Seattle Slew. Raced only once, Slewacide is best known as the broodmare s ...

(1980–2000), broodmare sire of Funny Cide

Other uses

Slew footing A tripping (or obstruction tripping) penalty in ice hockey and ringette is called by the referee when a player trips an opposing player with their hockey stick or ringette stick, or uses their skate against the other players skate ("slew footing") ...