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inertial guidance

noun

Definition of inertial guidance

: guidance (as of an aircraft or spacecraft) by means of self-contained automatically controlling devices that respond to inertial forces

— called also inertial navigation

Examples of inertial guidance in a Sentence

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 The missile, a Mark 1, Mod 1, has a manual inertial guidance system, a mobile launcher with a one-sling power velocity on takeoff, and considerable pucker power on impact. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "That Time a CIA Spyplane Had to Dodge a Spear During the Cold War," 14 Jan. 2019 More generally, the use of gyros has blossomed into the field of inertial guidance. — Frank Wilczek, WSJ, "Gyroscopes, Pulsars and the Power of Spin," 13 Sep. 2018

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First Known Use of inertial guidance

circa 1948, in the meaning defined above

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