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

Derived forms: inertial navigation systems

Type of: system

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

Encyclopedia: Inertial navigation system