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推測航法 (suisokukouhou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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航こう
法ほう
手しゅ
段だん
と
なる
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In sea areas where GPS is unavailable, dead reckoning becomes an important navigation method.
The pilot estimated the current position using dead reckoning.
Kanji 推 conjecture, infer, guess Related words 慣かん 性せい 航こう 法ほう Inertial navigation uses accelerometers and gyroscopes to continuously calculate position, while dead reckoning (推測航法) relies on speed and heading from external references.
天てん 測そく 航こう 法ほう Celestial navigation determines position by observing celestial bodies, whereas dead reckoning (推測航法) calculates position from a known starting point using motion data.
Etymology Compound of 推測 (すいそく, 'estimation, conjecture') and 航法 (こうほう, 'navigation method'). The term is a direct translation of the English 'dead reckoning'.
