HOMING


Meaning of HOMING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hoʊmɪŋ ]

1.

A weapon or piece of equipment that has a homing system is able to guide itself to a target or to give out a signal that guides people to it.

All the royal cars are fitted with electronic homing devices.

ADJ : ADJ n

2.

An animal that has a homing instinct has the ability to remember and return to a place where it has been in the past.

Then the pigeons flew into thick fog, and the famous homing instinct failed.

ADJ : ADJ n

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