dead reckoning

Bedeutung (Englisch)

A method of estimating the position of a ship or aircraft by applying estimates of the distance and direction travelled from a previously known position. In respect to ships/boats, it excludes the effect of wind and current on the vessel. Compare with estimated position. Abbreviation: DR

Synonyme

guess

guessing

guesswork

shot

Übersetzungen

estima

navigation à l’estime

gegist bestek

conjetura

cálculo de posição

Navegação estimada

navegação estimada

deviner

navegación de estima

Etymologie (Englisch)

Uncertain. Not short for deduced or deductive, but this belief explains the alternative spelling ded reckoning (which actually originated centuries later).