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homing device
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noun
a mechanism incorporated into a guided missile, airplane, etc., that aims it toward its objective.
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Origin of homing device
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby homing device
homiletics, homiliary, homilist, homily, homing, homing device, homing guidance, homing pigeon, hominid, hominids, hominin
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How to use homing device in a sentence
Like a homing device, it zipped over the net, into the corner of the court, and past the helpless Dabul to win the point.