HOMING DEVICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homing device mean? 

• HOMING DEVICE (noun)
  The noun HOMING DEVICE has 1 sense:

1. the mechanism in a guided missile that guides it toward its objective

  Familiarity information: HOMING DEVICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMING DEVICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The mechanism in a guided missile that guides it toward its objective

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("homing device" is a kind of...):

mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)

Holonyms ("homing device" is a part of...):

guided missile (a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices)