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kerrison predictor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
ker-rison pre-dic-tor
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early automated anti-aircraft fire-control system, capable of aiming a gun at an aircraft based on simple inputs such as observed speed and the angle to the target.

Etymology

Designed by Major A. V. Kerrison at the Admiralty Research Laboratory, Teddington, in the late 1930s.

Inflected Forms

Kerrison predictors (plural)

Questions

What does kerrison predictor mean?
An early automated anti-aircraft fire-control system, capable of aiming a gun at an aircraft based on simple inputs such as observed speed and the angle to the target.
Where does kerrison predictor come from?
Designed by Major A. V. Kerrison at the Admiralty Research Laboratory, Teddington, in the late 1930s.

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