Look up: dead-reckoning

1. dead reckoning
   [n] - navigation without the aid of celestial observations
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2. Dead Reckoning
   In air navigation the estimation of true direction and speed of an aeroplane during flight, and hence of its distance from any known point at any moment.
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3. dead reckoning
   noun navigation without the aid of celestial observations
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4. Dead Reckoning
   (from the article `film noir`) ...(1945), George Marshall`s The Blue Dahlia (1946), Robert Montgomery`s Ride the Pink Horse (1947), and John Cromwell`s Dead Reckoning (1947), share ...
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5. dead reckoning
   determination without the aid of celestial navigation of the position of a ship or aircraft from the record of the courses sailed or flown, the ... [2 related articles]
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6. Dead Reckoning
   Dead Reckoning is the calculation of a ship's place at sea without any observation of the heavenly bodies. It is obtained by keeping an account of the distance which the ship has run by the log, and of her course steered by the compass, and by rectifying these data by the usual allowance for drift, leeway, etc, according to the ship's known trim.
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7. Dead Reckoning
   also Ded Reckoning. Sometimes believed to be an abbreviation of Deduced Reckoning
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8. dead reckoning
   dead reckoning: see navigation.
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9. dead reckoning
   A method of charting ones position by based on last known position, speed currents and heading.
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10. DEAD RECKONING
    In pioneer flight before radio, beacons, and accurate maps, flying distances much by instinct and guesswork, and referring to whatever landmarks were below, was quite routine. The "dead" part simply meant "straight," as in the nautical "dead ahead," and pilots often relied heavily on the IRON COMPAS...
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11. Dead reckoning
    In navigation, `dead reckoning` (also `ded` (for `deduced`) `reckoning` or `DR`) is the process of calculating one`s current position by using a previously determined position, or fix, and advancing that position based upon known or estimated speeds over elapsed time, and course. While traditional m...
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12. Dead Reckoning
    (disambiguation) `Dead reckoning` is a process for estimating the value of a variable quantity by using a previous value and adding any changes. It is commonly used in navigation for estimating one`s position. `Dead Reckoning` may also refer to: Film and television: Music: Publishing: Other uses:
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13. Dead Reckoning
    (film) `Dead Reckoning` is a 1947 Columbia Pictures film noir starring Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott and featuring Morris Carnovsky. It was directed by John Cromwell and written by Steve Fisher and Oliver H.P. Garrett based on a story by Gerald Drayson Adams and Sidney Biddell. Pl...
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14. Dead Reckoning
    (album) Name = Dead Reckoning | Type = studio | Artist = Threshold | Cover = Threshold - Dead Reckoning.jpg | Released = March 28, 2007 (UK)/(EU)<br>April 19, 2007 (Brazil)<br>April 24, 2007 (USA)| Recorded = 2007 | Genre = Progressive metal | Length = 55:26 | Label = Nuclear Blast | Pr...
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15. Dead Reckoning
    (novel) `Dead Reckoning` is the eleventh book in Charlaine Harris`s series The Southern Vampire Mysteries, released on May 3, 2011<ref name=amazon>http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Reckoning-Sookie-Stackhouse-Book/dp/0441020313 Amazon.com-->. It debuted at number one on The New York...
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16. Dead-reckoning
    Dead'-reck`on·ing noun (Nautical) See under Dead , adjective
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17. Dead-reckoning
    • (n.) See under Dead, a.
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