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The word "yoke" is believed to derive from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (yoke), from root *yewg- (join, unite), and is thus cognate with yoga. [1] [2] This root has descendants in almost all known Indo-European languages including German Joch, Latin iugum, Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zygon), Persian یوغ (yuğ), Sanskrit युग (yugá), Hittite 𒄿𒌑𒃷 (iúkan), Old Church Slavonic ...
Yoke may also refer to: Yoke (aeronautics), the "wheel" that controls the ailerons and elevator on aircraft; Yoke (unit of measurement) used in the time of the Domesday Book for tax purposes in Kent; Yoke (clothing), part of the construction of a garment; Yoke (Lake District), a high point in Cumbria, England; Yoke Island, Palmer Archipelago ...
A yoke, alternatively known as a control wheel or a control column, is a device used for piloting some fixed-wing aircraft. [1] The pilot uses the yoke to control the attitude of the plane, usually in both pitch and roll. Rotating the control wheel controls the ailerons and the roll axis.
The term poka-yoke was applied by Shigeo Shingo in the 1960s to industrial processes designed to prevent human errors. [1] Shingo redesigned a process in which factory workers, while assembling a small switch, would often forget to insert the required spring under one of the switch buttons.
The yoke is the old Roman jugerum, about 25 ares or 0.625 acres. This word has survived only in Kent. One theory is that the Jutes from Jutland conquered Kent, whereas the Angles and Saxons (c 450 AD) settled over the remainder of England. In these "yokes" along the banks of the river Medway crops such as corn would have been cultivated. [4]
Harnesses from the front View of harness from above-rear. A horse harness is a device that connects a horse to a horse-drawn vehicle or another type of load to pull. There are two main designs of horse harness: (1) the breast collar or breaststrap, and (2) the full collar or collar-and-hames.
yoke (< OE ġeoc) juk "yoke" iugum "yoke" zugón "yoke" yugá·m "yoke" Av yaoj-, yuj-"to harness" Past yə́wa "plough" OCS igo "yoke" OPrus jugtun "yoke", Lith ...
Yoga is a cognate of the English word "yoke," since both are derived from an Indo-European root. [27] According to Mikel Burley, the first use of the root of the word "yoga" is in hymn 5.81.1 of the Rigveda, a dedication to the rising Sun-god, where it has been interpreted as "yoke" or "control". [28] [29] [g]