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STRAP-DOWN SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 2016-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Ship Piloting
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

Inertial navigation equipment in which a stable platform and gimbal system are not used: the inertial devices are attached or strapped directly to the carrier; a computer utilizing gyro information resolves accelerations sensed along the carrier axes and refers these accelerations to an inertial frame of reference.

Key term(s)
  • strap down inertial navigation system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Pilotage des navires
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

système inertiel de navigation à composants liés : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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