self-steering
- a word derived from steering.
Example Sentences
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“As we had made it clear before, the airship, used for meteorological research, unintentionally drifted into U.S. because of the westerlies and its limited self-steering capability,” Mr. Liu said.
From Washington Times • Dec. 30, 2023
China's foreign ministry said the balloon was mainly used for meteorological purposes and had limited self-steering ability.
From Reuters • Feb. 8, 2023
“Due to the impact of weather and limited self-steering ability, this aircraft seriously deviated from its scheduled course,” Mao said.
From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023
There has been no word whether it too is supposed to have been blown wildly off course, given its "limited self-steering capability".
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2023
Their sole purpose was to keep this magnificent high-performance, self-steering machine from killing its load of fragile human flesh.
From Pushbutton War by Schoenherr, John
