| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Impact predictor | Aerospace | A device which takes information from a trajectory measuring system and continuously computes the point (in real time) at which the rocket will strike the earth; based on the assumption that the rocket power is shut off at that instant and the remaining trajectory is ballistic in nature. (references) | |
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