terrestrial guidance

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   a method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to the strength and direction of the earth's gravitational field

   Broadersteering

Questions about terrestrial guidance

What does terrestrial guidance mean?

terrestrial guidance means "a method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to the strength and direction of the earth's gravitational field".

Is terrestrial guidance a common word?

terrestrial guidance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.