(navigation) Dead reckoning performed automatically by a device which gives a continuous indication of position by integrating the speed and the crab angle of the aircraft as derived from measurement of the Doppler effect of echoes from directed beams of radiant energy transmitted from the craft.
Doppler navigation
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(′däp·lər ′nav·ə′gā·shən)
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