"INS" meaning in English

See INS in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} INS
  1. (US, historical) Initialism of Immigration and Naturalization Service. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Immigration and Naturalization Service
  2. (India, military, nautical) Initialism of Indian Naval Ship. Tags: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Indian Naval Ship Related terms: HMIS [naval, navy, military, war, government, politics]
    Sense id: en-INS-en-name-zAoCNH0q Categories (other): Indian English, Military, Nautical Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (star): RRAT, AXP, SGR, pulsar, magnetar
Disambiguation of 'star': 0 0

Noun

Forms: INSs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} INS (plural INSs)
  1. (astronomy) Initialism of isolated neutron star. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: isolated neutron star
    Sense id: en-INS-en-noun-DhybAMZ1 Categories (other): Stars Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (aviation) Initialism of inertial navigation system. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: inertial navigation system Synonyms: inertial navigation unit, inertial reference unit, inertial reference system
    Sense id: en-INS-en-noun-AT-jY5g4 Categories (other): Aviation, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 7 18 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 9 16 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 7 20 67 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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