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  • Thumbnail for Course (navigation)
    In navigation, the course of a watercraft or aircraft is the cardinal direction in which the craft is to be steered. The course is to be distinguished...
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    heading and steering. A helmsman relies upon visual references, a magnetic and gyrocompass, and a rudder angle indicator to steer a steady course. The mate...
    12 KB (1,491 words) - 17:01, 20 May 2024
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    Steering is the control of the direction of motion or the components that enable its control. Steering is achieved through various arrangements, among...
    44 KB (5,003 words) - 22:56, 31 May 2024
  • society are like pilots trying to steer a course without a reliable compass". The Doughnut is an attempt to provide such a compass. The inner ring sets out...
    11 KB (1,265 words) - 13:23, 30 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ali Khamenei
    himself into the process and 'correct' a flawed policy or decision." His foreign policy is said to steer a course that avoids either confrontation or accommodation...
    208 KB (17,708 words) - 15:28, 20 May 2024
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    initiate a turn toward a given direction by momentarily steering counter to the desired direction ("steer left to turn right"). To negotiate a turn successfully...
    26 KB (3,158 words) - 17:01, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mercedes-Benz S-Class
    aboard that allow it to steer a course within a lane and follow a leading vehicle for a short period (DISTRONIC PLUS with Steering Assist, also called traffic...
    83 KB (8,669 words) - 07:04, 18 May 2024
  • editor Gordon Stainforth has commented on this issue, attempting to steer a course between the continuity-error explanation on one side and the hidden-meaning...
    195 KB (20,990 words) - 06:23, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thunderbolt
    may have been a symbol of cosmic order, as expressed in the fragment from Heraclitus describing "the Thunderbolt that steers the course of all things"...
    11 KB (1,173 words) - 15:34, 31 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Drug policy of Nazi Germany
    "How Methamphetamine Became a Key Part of Nazi Military Strategy". "High Hitler: How Nazi drug abuse steered the course of history". TheGuardian.com...
    16 KB (1,775 words) - 14:01, 1 May 2024
  • Sunday Times gave the film a positive review, observing that the premise "really shouldn't work, yet somehow it steers a course between corniness and barminess...
    18 KB (2,065 words) - 10:07, 31 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sailing
    wheels of a land sailing craft which are steering the course. This combination of forces means that it is possible to sail an upwind course as well as...
    75 KB (9,746 words) - 01:19, 18 April 2024
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    Dugald A. Steer B.A. (Brist), S.A.S.D. (born 1965) is an English children's writer. He wrote books in the Ology (book series). Dugald Steer was born in...
    4 KB (342 words) - 21:15, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ship's wheel
    A ship's wheel or boat's wheel is a device used aboard a water vessel to steer that vessel and control its course. Together with the rest of the steering...
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  • Thumbnail for Geography of the Odyssey
    of the winds" on the grounds that Aeolus "taught navigators how to steer a course in the regions of the Strait of Messina, whose waters are ... difficult...
    36 KB (4,807 words) - 10:28, 26 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pedra Branca, Singapore
    at the gateway to what is now Keppel Harbour in Singapore, he should steer a course of between 75° and 90° for five watches until his vessel reached Baijiao...
    76 KB (8,532 words) - 06:15, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)
    thus obliged to steer a course between antagonizing Russia and violating its commitments to Persia, with its best option being to broker a settlement of...
    30 KB (3,130 words) - 16:11, 1 April 2024
  • have a broad and comprehensive knowledge of all matters related to the business of the organization, as well as the vision required to steer its course into...
    4 KB (446 words) - 22:06, 20 November 2023
  • town of Imaginaries", a sanctuary for forgotten Imaginaries. This encounter initiates a monumental voyage that steers the course of familial bonds and...
    8 KB (659 words) - 05:54, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Grid compass
    that facilitates steering a steady course without the risk of parallax error. The grid compass is the simplest steering compass from the pilot's or helmsman's...
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