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GUIDANCE SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does guidance system mean?
• GUIDANCE SYSTEM (noun)
The noun GUIDANCE SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile)
Familiarity information: GUIDANCE SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
guidance device; guidance system
Hypernyms ("guidance system" is a kind of...):
system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guidance system"):
JDAM; Joint Direct Attack Munition (a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs)
Holonyms ("guidance system" is a part of...):
guided missile (a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices)
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