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• Inertial navigation system — An Inertial Navigation System (INS) is a navigation aid that uses a computer and motion sensors to continuously track the position, orientation, and velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a vehicle without the need for external references …   Wikipedia

• Accelerometer — An accelerometer is a device for measuring acceleration and gravity induced reaction forces.Single and multi axis models are available to detect magnitude and direction of the acceleration as a vector quantity [http://www.analog.com/en/technical… …   Wikipedia

• accelerometer — /ak sel euh rom i teuhr/, n. an instrument for measuring acceleration, as of aircraft or guided missiles. [1900 05; ACCELER(ATION) + O + METER] * * * Instrument that measures acceleration. Because it is difficult to measure acceleration directly …   Universalium

• Inertial measurement unit — An inertial measurement unit, or IMU, is the main component of inertial guidance systems used in air , space , and watercraft, including guided missiles. An IMU works by sensing motion including the type, rate, and direction of that motion using… …   Wikipedia

• inertial guidance system — An electronic system that continuously monitors the position, velocity, and acceleration of a vehicle, usually a submarine, missile, or airplane, and thus provides navigational data or control. The basic components of an inertial guidance system… …   Universalium

• Inertial Reference Unit — An Inertial Reference Unit (IRU) is a type of inertial sensor which uses only gyroscopes to determine a moving aircraft’s or spacecraft’s change in angular direction (referred to as delta theta or Δθ) over a period of time. Unlike the Inertial… …   Wikipedia

• inertial guidance — iner′tial guid′ance n. ars rkt an on board system that determines an aerospace vehicle s course by means of devices, as a gyroscope and accelerometer, that measure the accelerations of the vehicle in flight. Also called iner′tial naviga′tion •… …   From formal English to slang

• PIGA accelerometer — A PIG accelerometer (Pendulous Integrating Gyroscopic Accelerometer) is a type of accelerometer that can measure acceleration and simultaneously integrates this acceleration against time to produce a speed measure as well. The PIGA s main use is… …   Wikipedia

• Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere — The Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere, or AIRS, is a highly accurate inertial guidance system designed for use in the LGM 118A Peacekeeper ICBM.DetailsAIRS is a fluid stabilized system, as opposed to one using gimbals. It consists of a beryllium …   Wikipedia

• List of sensors — * Accelerometer * Touch sensor * Active pixel sensor * Air flow meter * Alarm sensor * Bedwetting alarm * Bhangmeter * Biochip * Biosensor * Breathalyzer * Capacitance probe * Carbon paste electrode * Carbon monoxide detector * Catadioptric… …   Wikipedia

• inertialguidance — inertial guidance n. Guidance of an aircraft or spacecraft in which gyroscopic and accelerometer data are used by a computer to maintain a predetermined course. Also called inertial navigation. * * * …   Universalium