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Kerrison predictor

Kerrison predictor noun: an early automated anti-aircraft fire-control system, capable of aiming a gun at an aircraft based on simple inputs such as observed speed and the angle to the target.

Noun

Kerrison predictor (plural Kerrison predictors)

  1. (historical) An early automated anti-aircraft fire-control system, capable of aiming a gun at an aircraft based on simple inputs such as observed speed and the angle to the target.

Forms of Kerrison predictor

pluralKerrison predictors

Origin of Kerrison predictor

Designed by Major A. V. Kerrison at the Admiralty Research Laboratory, Teddington, in the late 1930s.

Questions about Kerrison predictor

What does Kerrison predictor mean?
Kerrison predictor means an early automated anti-aircraft fire-control system, capable of aiming a gun at an aircraft based on simple inputs such as observed speed and the angle to the target.
What part of speech is Kerrison predictor?
Kerrison predictor is a noun.
What is the plural of Kerrison predictor?
The plural of Kerrison predictor is Kerrison predictors.

Words near Kerrison predictor in the dictionary

  1. kerriid
  2. kerriids
  3. Kerrikerri
  4. Kerrisdale
  5. Kerrison
  6. Kerrison predictor
  7. Kerrison predictors
  8. kerrite
  9. kerrites
  10. Kerrs
  11. Kerrs Creek

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