dead reckoning in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for dead reckoning in the French»English Dictionary

Translations for dead reckoning in the English»French Dictionary

reckoning [Brit ˈrɛk(ə)nɪŋ, Am ˈrɛk(ə)nɪŋ] N

I.reckon [Brit ˈrɛk(ə)n, Am ˈrɛkən] VB trans

II.reckon [Brit ˈrɛk(ə)n, Am ˈrɛkən] VB intr

I.dead [Brit dɛd, Am dɛd] N

II.dead [Brit dɛd, Am dɛd] ADJ

1. dead (no longer living):

drop dead inf!
dead and buried lit, fig

III.dead [Brit dɛd, Am dɛd] ADV (absolutely, completely)

dead esp Brit
dead drunk inf
dead tired inf
crevé inf
dead tired inf
I was dead scared inf!
génial! inf
you're dead on inf! Am

dead reckoning in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dead reckoning in the English»French Dictionary

II.reckon [ˈrekən] VB intr inf (presume)

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The airships relied largely on dead reckoning, supplemented by a radio direction-finding system of limited accuracy.
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However, inertial navigation systems, which provide very accurate directional information, use dead reckoning and are very widely applied.
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The case is often referred to as an instance of the extreme uncertainty of the determination of longitude by dead reckoning only.
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Fixes are a necessary part of navigation by dead reckoning because dead reckoning relies on estimates of speed, course.
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While the squadron was traveling through these swells and currents, their estimations of speed and bearing used for dead reckoning were being affected.
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They had a reversing light sensor, speed sensor, and angular direction sensor, to boost the system's accuracy, plus dead reckoning capability.
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For longitude, early ocean navigators had to rely on dead reckoning.
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Dead reckoning requires the vehicle to begin at a known, fixed point.
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The device used mechanical dead reckoning, rather than the magnetism of a compass, in order to navigate and find one's directional bearings.
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This method of navigation is called dead reckoning.
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