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DEAD RECKONING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Navigation without the aid of celestial observations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dead reckoning" is a kind of...):
navigation; pilotage; piloting (the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An estimate based on little or no information
Synonyms:
dead reckoning; guess; guessing; guesswork; shot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dead reckoning" is a kind of...):
approximation; estimate; estimation; idea (an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth)
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