hyperbolic navigation system

noun

A navigation system that produces hyperbolic lines of position by the measurement of the difference in the time of reception, or the phase, of radio signals from multiple synchronized transmitters at fixed locations.

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nounhyperbolic navigation system (plural hyperbolic navigation systems)

plural hyperbolic navigation systems

  1. A navigation system that produces hyperbolic lines of position by the measurement of the difference in the time of reception, or the phase, of radio signals from multiple synchronized transmitters at fixed locations.
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