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Noun: inertial guidance system
  1. A system to control a plane or spacecraft; uses inertial forces
    "The spacecraft relied on its inertial guidance system for navigation in deep space";
    - inertial navigation system

Derived forms: inertial guidance systems

Type of: system

Part of: automatic pilot, autopilot, robot pilot, space vehicle, spacecraft

Encyclopedia: Inertial guidance system