dead reckoning

noun

Definition of dead reckoningnext
as in theory

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Recent Examples of dead reckoning The principle is a very old and simple one called dead reckoning – a very basic skill used by tyro sailors and nuclear submarine commanders. — New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025 But for longitude, navigators had to rely on dead reckoning that was subject to errors. — Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021 There is also straightforward dead reckoning and inertial navigation. — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2021 The vehicle could still work out position updates using rotary encoders attached to its wheels—following a general strategy that sailors used for centuries, called dead reckoning. — Shaoshan Liu, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead reckoning
  1. theory
  2. speculation
  3. hypothetical
  4. hypothesis
  5. thesis
  6. guessing
Noun
  • Several theories involving collective electronic interactions remain possible.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • This means Bitcoin’s next bear market bottom could be some time in November, four years after the last bear market bottom in November 2022, if the theory holds true, according to Fidelity’s fourth quarter crypto market outlook.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of theory
Noun
  • The development provokes a leadership shake-up on both committees, prompting speculation on who will fill the spots when the next Congress opens in January.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Some smartphone makers have been offering foldable phones for the better part of a decade, but Apple has now joined the fray with the iPhone Duo after years of speculation.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of speculation
Noun
  • There’s no reason to believe organizers of PGA tournaments, marathons, NASCAR races and similar sporting would ever demand payment, and thus the hypotheticals are arguably scare tactics rather than realistic consequences.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026
  • His second-guessing doesn’t stanch his inner torrent of bile, which continues through dinner with Irène and her mother, and goes on for another fifteen pages of emotional hypotheticals and conditionals.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
Definition of hypothetical
Noun
  • But by Friday evening, when Elsinore had its world premiere in Telluride, I was forced to revise my hypothesis.
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Moran plans to put that hypothesis to the test in about a month in a clinical trial for patients with colorectal, breast, and head and neck cancers who are undergoing chemotherapy.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of hypothesis
Noun
  • In 2013, a painting that had originally sold for $10,000 at his thesis exhibition sold for $389,000 at a Phillips auction.
    — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Bullish thesis Zoom is meaningfully more profitable at a discount.
    — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of thesis
Noun
  • Meanwhile, performances by Mikey Madison and Jack Quaid are dramatic and compelling, always keeping the viewer second-guessing.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Late arriving crowds are part of the LA sports experience, even at USC, because getting places in LA is an unpredictable guessing game.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of guessing

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