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Noun Concept
Categories: Aircraft instruments, Aids to navigation, Navigational flight instruments, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2005, Geodesy
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inertial guidance system  inertial navigation system  inertial measurement unit  IMU  inertial platform
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A system to control a plane or spacecraft; uses inertial forces WordNet 3.0
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An inertial navigation system is a navigation device that uses motion sensors, rotation sensors and a computer to continuously calculate by dead reckoning the position, the orientation, and the velocity of a moving object without the need for external references. Wikipedia
Navigation aid relying on systems contained within the vehicle to determine location Wikidata
An electronic device that measures a craft's velocity, orientation, and gravitational forces, using a combination of accelerometers and gyroscopes. OmegaWiki