| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Active homing guidance | Aerospace | See homing guidance. (references) | |
| Active homing guidance | Military | (DOD, NATO) A system of homing guidance wherein both the source for illuminating the target and the receiver for detecting the energy reflected from the target as the result of the illumination are carried within the missile. (references) | |
| Homing guidance | Military | 1: A system by which a missile steers itself towards a target by means of a self-contained mechanism which is activated by some distinguishing characteristics of the target. See also active homing guidance; guidance; passive homing guidance; semi-active homing guidance. (references) | |
| 2: (DOD) A system by which a missile or torpedo steers itself towards a target by means of a self-contained mechanism which is activated by some distinguishing characteristics of the target. See also active homing guidance; passive homing guidance; semi-active homing guidance. (references) | |||
| Passive homing guidance | Aerospace | Guidance in which a craft or missile is directed toward a destination by means of natural radiations from the destination. (references) | |
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