Guidance

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.[1]