dead reckoning

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Recent Examples of dead reckoning To gauge longitude, by contrast, requires dead reckoning. The Conversation, 14 May 2025 There is also straightforward dead reckoning and inertial navigation. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2021 Born in Marblehead, Mass., Ellen Creesy learned how to pilot a vessel from her father, who also taught her the rudiments of navigation: dead reckoning and how to read a nautical chart. Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2022 But for longitude, navigators had to rely on dead reckoning that was subject to errors. Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021 The researchers modeled the animals’ behavior using a variety of math ideas and the navigational concept of dead reckoning. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2021 Yoni Nova Kusumawan, had to rely on dead reckoning—using the STS-50’s trackline and rate of speed to estimate where and when to intercept it. Tristram Korten, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Aug. 2020 But since all of these systems all used dead reckoning—which, again, compares a car’s location to that of a map—these solutions weren’t actually that much more advanced than the 1909 Jones Live-Map. Larry Printz, Ars Technica, 24 June 2020 Known as dead reckoning, the system didn't use satellites. Larry Printz, Ars Technica, 24 June 2020
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Noun
  • During May 15 oral arguments, none of the justices voiced support for the Trump administration’s theory that the president’s order is consistent with the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause and past Supreme Court decisions about that provision.
    Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • Under unitary executive theory, there are few exceptions to the president’s authority.
    Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • The currency pair is expected to swing both ways as the Taiwan dollar gets caught between speculation of central bank intervention and weakness in the greenback, Lim added.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
  • There had been much speculation surrounding Pac-12 conference expansion since the conference announced its plans to add members of the Mountain West Conference in September 2024.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Failing to test hypotheses via incremental launches and skipping milestone checks risks prioritizing activity over impact, wasting resources on features customers may not value or use rather than driving meaningful innovation.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • In the search for extraterrestrial life, much like climate change, there is a detection and attribution phase, which requires the robust testing of hypotheses and also rigorous scrutiny.
    Oliver Swainston, Space.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • But Musselman sees the ongoing turbulence in the world — conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East — as proof of Union’s thesis.
    David Jeans, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • In one scene, Agnes is wearing a pair of chunky combat boots, and old, worn pages of her thesis are taped to her window.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 29 June 2025

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“Dead reckoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead%20reckoning. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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