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fault detection and exclusion

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: fault detection and exclusion
 
(¦fölt di′tek·shən and ik′sklü·zhən)

(navigation) The capability of a user of the Global Positioning System, once the presence of a fault in the system has been detected, to identify and exclude the malfunctioning satellite in order to continue navigating using the remaining satellites. Abbreviated FDE.


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