Kerrison predictor

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.

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Meanings

nounKerrison predictor (plural Kerrison predictors)

plural Kerrison predictors

  1. historicalgovernmentAn 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.

Origin

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

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Kerrison predictor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kerrison%20predictor

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