dead reckoning

noun Navigation.

calculation of one's position on the basis of distance run on various headings since the last precisely observed position, with as accurate allowance as possible being made for wind, currents, compass errors, etc.

one's position as so calculated.

Origin of dead reckoning

First recorded in 1605–15

Words nearby dead reckoning

deadpan, dead point, dead president, dead pulp, dead-reckon, dead reckoning, dead ringer, deadrise, dead run, Dead Sea, Dead Sea fruit

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Example sentences from the Web for dead reckoning

According to this we were only one mile out of our position by dead-reckoning.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II|Karl Ritter von Scherzer
The bearing of an object on the coast from which a vessel commences her dead-reckoning and takes her departure.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
The mode of working up the dead-reckoning by computed nautical tables.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
He was not sure of his course and was sailing by dead-reckoning.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard

Reducing the dead-reckoning and meridian altitudes to noon of each day.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

British Dictionary definitions for dead reckoning

dead reckoning

noun

a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations

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单词	dead reckoning
释义	dead reckoning noun Navigation. calculation of one's position on the basis of distance run on various headings since the last precisely observed position, with as accurate allowance as possible being made for wind, currents, compass errors, etc. one's position as so calculated. Origin of dead reckoning First recorded in 1605–15 Words nearby dead reckoning deadpan, dead point, dead president, dead pulp, dead-reckon, dead reckoning, dead ringer, deadrise, dead run, Dead Sea, Dead Sea fruit Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dead reckoning According to this we were only one mile out of our position by dead-reckoning. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II\|Karl Ritter von Scherzer The bearing of an object on the coast from which a vessel commences her dead-reckoning and takes her departure. The Sailor's Word-Book\|William Henry Smyth The mode of working up the dead-reckoning by computed nautical tables. The Sailor's Word-Book\|William Henry Smyth He was not sure of his course and was sailing by dead-reckoning. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14)\|Elbert Hubbard Reducing the dead-reckoning and meridian altitudes to noon of each day. The Sailor's Word-Book\|William Henry Smyth British Dictionary definitions for dead reckoning dead reckoning noun a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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