dead reckoning in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for dead reckoning in the English»Italian 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] ADJ

1. dead (no longer living):

drop dead! inf

II.dead [Brit dɛd, Am dɛd] N

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

dead drunk inf
dead tired inf
I was dead scared! inf
you're dead on! Am inf

dead reckoning in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dead reckoning in the English»Italian Dictionary

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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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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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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Still, they had to fly over the sea by dead reckoning.
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He used these figures for celestial observations to supplement his dead reckoning.
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Instead, she was forced to navigate through the heavy storm and strong currents using older, less reliable navigational aids and dead reckoning.
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This method of navigation is called dead reckoning.
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These include but are not limited to dead reckoning, map and compass, astronomical positioning and, more recently, global positioning.
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Dead reckoning requires the vehicle to begin at a known, fixed point.
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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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Typically, dead reckoning will provide a very smooth estimate of the truck's position, but it will drift over time as small errors accumulate.
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