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Definition of dead reckoning in English: dead reckoningnoun mass nounThe process of calculating one's position, especially at sea, by estimating the direction and distance travelled rather than by using landmarks or astronomical observations. 航位推算法 Example sentencesExamples - Due to this appalling weather the convoy had to rely on dead reckoning for navigation.
- For centuries, the only way to navigate was to look at the position of the sun and stars and use dead reckoning.
- The pure navigational techniques of celestial and dead reckoning should have been superseded at this time by pilotage.
- It was the Greeks who pioneered modern methods of navigating by calculation rather than by dead reckoning.
- We fitted the trucks with air wheels - balloon tires, we would say now - and kept going, navigating like mariners, by sextant and compass and dead reckoning.
- Back in 1927, Lindbergh proved that a combination of dead reckoning and pilotage can work well, even over a 3,610-mile, 331 2-hour flight.
- Even if you choose to find your way by dead reckoning, the rear-view mirror has a little LED display to tell you which point of the compass you are heading towards.
- Steady course and speed or continuous monitoring of their changes is required for effective dead reckoning.
- I had been going by dead reckoning, traveling up the incline, letting the slope of the incline guide me.
- Considering the weather conditions, dead reckoning or entering accurate data on the GPS was not a possibility.
- I decided to refigure all my dead reckoning and try to at least get some general idea of where I should be.
- Sometimes he takes one route, and sometimes another, just as his fancy inclines him, he pays no attention to the compass, but sails by dead reckoning of his own devising.
- When human mariners and lunar astronauts navigated by dead reckoning they used charts, tables, various measuring instruments, and a considerable amount of mathematics.
- Christopher Columbus used dead reckoning for his voyages across the Atlantic Ocean.
- There is no corresponding southern pole star, so dead reckoning became the primary navigating process.
- Since medieval times, mariners have employed dead reckoning to navigate their vessels.
- In dead reckoning you estimate distance traveled along a given heading as a function of velocity and elapsed time.
- After I crossed the first two rivers my dead reckoning told me it was time to take the turn south, but the high mountain checkpoint was not in sight.
- They had been in clouds since the beginning, navigating only by dead reckoning.
- At first, crews had to rely on dead reckoning - estimating position by speed, flying time and compass.
Definition of dead reckoning in US English: dead reckoningnounˈded ˈrek(ə)niNG The process of calculating one's position, especially at sea, by estimating the direction and distance traveled rather than by using landmarks, astronomical observations, or electronic navigation methods. 航位推算法 Example sentencesExamples - Sometimes he takes one route, and sometimes another, just as his fancy inclines him, he pays no attention to the compass, but sails by dead reckoning of his own devising.
- There is no corresponding southern pole star, so dead reckoning became the primary navigating process.
- Christopher Columbus used dead reckoning for his voyages across the Atlantic Ocean.
- They had been in clouds since the beginning, navigating only by dead reckoning.
- Even if you choose to find your way by dead reckoning, the rear-view mirror has a little LED display to tell you which point of the compass you are heading towards.
- After I crossed the first two rivers my dead reckoning told me it was time to take the turn south, but the high mountain checkpoint was not in sight.
- At first, crews had to rely on dead reckoning - estimating position by speed, flying time and compass.
- Back in 1927, Lindbergh proved that a combination of dead reckoning and pilotage can work well, even over a 3,610-mile, 331 2-hour flight.
- Since medieval times, mariners have employed dead reckoning to navigate their vessels.
- We fitted the trucks with air wheels - balloon tires, we would say now - and kept going, navigating like mariners, by sextant and compass and dead reckoning.
- It was the Greeks who pioneered modern methods of navigating by calculation rather than by dead reckoning.
- The pure navigational techniques of celestial and dead reckoning should have been superseded at this time by pilotage.
- Steady course and speed or continuous monitoring of their changes is required for effective dead reckoning.
- Due to this appalling weather the convoy had to rely on dead reckoning for navigation.
- I had been going by dead reckoning, traveling up the incline, letting the slope of the incline guide me.
- When human mariners and lunar astronauts navigated by dead reckoning they used charts, tables, various measuring instruments, and a considerable amount of mathematics.
- For centuries, the only way to navigate was to look at the position of the sun and stars and use dead reckoning.
- In dead reckoning you estimate distance traveled along a given heading as a function of velocity and elapsed time.
- Considering the weather conditions, dead reckoning or entering accurate data on the GPS was not a possibility.
- I decided to refigure all my dead reckoning and try to at least get some general idea of where I should be.
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