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Dead reckoning   /dɛd rˈɛkənɪŋ/   Listen
Dead reckoning

noun
1.
An estimate based on little or no information.  Synonyms: guess, guessing, guesswork, shot.
2.
Navigation without the aid of celestial observations.





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"Dead reckoning" Quotes from Famous Books



... traveled day by day was at first determined by dead reckoning, to be verified later by observations for latitude. Dead reckoning was simply the compass course for direction, and for distance the mean estimate of Bartlett, Marvin, and myself as to the length of ...
— The North Pole - Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club • Robert E. Peary
... good men! And a good man who knows he's good will not take any slack from man or devil; so I cannot afford to lose those two. Skinner, I've got myself into an awful mess. Here I've been running by dead reckoning and now I'm on the rocks! What'll I do, Skinner? I'm licked; but, dang it all, sir, I can't admit it, can I? Isn't there some way to referee this scrap and call it ...
— Cappy Ricks • Peter B. Kyne


Words linked to "Dead reckoning" :   estimate, piloting, approximation, estimation, guesswork, idea, pilotage, navigation, guessing, shot


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