radio aids to navigation

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• navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.… …   Universalium

• Navigation — This article is about determination of position and direction on or above the surface of the earth. For other uses, see Navigation (disambiguation). Table of geography, hydrography, and navigation, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. Navigation is the… …   Wikipedia

• navigation — noun 1 movement of ships, aircraft, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate ▪ safe ▪ inland, ocean (esp. AmE), river, sea (esp. BrE), underwater …   Collocations dictionary

• radio navigation — noun : the process of conducting an airplane or ship from one point to another by means of radio aids (as beacons, direction finders, or radioed bearings) * * * radio navigation, navigation of an aircraft or ship with the aid of radio beacons,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Navigation system — A navigation system is a (usually electronic) system that aids is navigation. Navigation systems may be entirely on board a vehicle or vessel, or they may be located elsewhere and communicate via radio or other signals with a vehicle or vessel,… …   Wikipedia

• Radio navigation aid — Radio navigational aids, much like hearing aids, are small devices that allow other technological devices to receive signals which help with navigation. History Invented by Lord Roger Burrman in 1922, radio navigational aids have long since… …   Wikipedia

• Radio Data System — The RDS Logo Radio Data System, or RDS, is a communications protocol standard for embedding small amounts of digital information in conventional FM radio broadcasts. RDS standardises several types of information transmitted, including time,… …   Wikipedia

• navigation chart —       map designed and used primarily for navigation. A nautical chart presents most of the information used by the marine navigator, including latitude and longitude scales, topographical features, navigation aids such as lighthouses… …   Universalium

• radio magnetic indicator — An instrument which displays aircraft heading and bearing to selected radio navigation aids …   Military dictionary

• Radar navigation — Marine radar systems can provide very useful navigation information in a variety of situations. When the vessel is within radar range of land or special radar aids to navigation, the navigator can take distances and angular bearings to charted… …   Wikipedia

• inertial control navigation — inertial control guidance or inertial control navigation noun An automatic gyroscopic guidance system for aircraft, missiles, etc using data computed from acceleration and the physical properties of the earth, but dispensing with the magnetic… …   Useful english dictionary