"dead reckoning" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-dead reckoning.oga [US] Forms: dead reckonings [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Not short for deduced or deductive, but this belief explains the alternative spelling ded reckoning (which actually originated centuries later). Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|deduced}} deduced, {{m|en|deductive}} deductive, {{m|en|ded reckoning}} ded reckoning Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dead reckoning (countable and uncountable, plural dead reckonings)
  1. 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 Wikipedia link: dead reckoning Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Navigation Synonyms: ded reckoning Translations (method of estimating the position of a ship or aircraft): gegist bestek (Dutch), merkintälasku (Finnish), navigation à l’estime (French), νεκρός απολογισμός (nekrós apologismós) [masculine] (Greek), nawigacja zliczeniowa [feminine] (Polish), navegação estimada [feminine] (Portuguese), estima [feminine] (Spanish), död räkning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dead_reckoning-en-noun-QnrLnK9Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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