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==Definition==
*1. The [[action]] of guiding; guiding or directing [[agency]]; leadership, direction.
:a. with reference to a [[journey]] or [[movement]]. (b) spec. in Astronautics.
:b. with reference to conduct or procedure.
:c. With reference to problems and advice relating to [[education]], marriage, careers, etc.
*2. quasi-concr. Something which guides or leads.
==Chronologic Sample==
*1590 SPENSER F.Q. III. iv. 6 So forth she rode..Following the guydance of her blinded guest.
*1788 GIBBON Decl. & F. I. (1846) V. 17 They steered by the guidance of the stars.
*1835 URE Philos. Manuf. 219 Mounting the heckles, and carrying them along the chainway by the guidance of parallel bars.
*1860 TYNDALL Glac. I. xi. 74 We trusted to our own muscles to make good any mistake in the way of guidance. *1870 BRYANT Iliad I. VI. 199 At Lycia he arrived Under the favoring guidance of the gods.
==Description==
A '''guidance''' system is a device or [[group]] of devices used to navigate a ship, aircraft, missile, rocket, satellite, or other craft. Typically, this refers to a [[system]] that navigates without direct or continuous [[human]] control. Systems that are intended to have a high degree of human interaction are usually referred to as a '''''[[navigation]]''''' system.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guidance_system]
[[Category: Astronomy]]
[[Category: Mathematics]]
==Definition==
*1. The [[action]] of guiding; guiding or directing [[agency]]; leadership, direction.
:a. with reference to a [[journey]] or [[movement]]. (b) spec. in Astronautics.
:b. with reference to conduct or procedure.
:c. With reference to problems and advice relating to [[education]], marriage, careers, etc.
*2. quasi-concr. Something which guides or leads.
==Chronologic Sample==
*1590 SPENSER F.Q. III. iv. 6 So forth she rode..Following the guydance of her blinded guest.
*1788 GIBBON Decl. & F. I. (1846) V. 17 They steered by the guidance of the stars.
*1835 URE Philos. Manuf. 219 Mounting the heckles, and carrying them along the chainway by the guidance of parallel bars.
*1860 TYNDALL Glac. I. xi. 74 We trusted to our own muscles to make good any mistake in the way of guidance. *1870 BRYANT Iliad I. VI. 199 At Lycia he arrived Under the favoring guidance of the gods.
==Description==
A '''guidance''' system is a device or [[group]] of devices used to navigate a ship, aircraft, missile, rocket, satellite, or other craft. Typically, this refers to a [[system]] that navigates without direct or continuous [[human]] control. Systems that are intended to have a high degree of human interaction are usually referred to as a '''''[[navigation]]''''' system.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guidance_system]
[[Category: Astronomy]]
[[Category: Mathematics]]
