Kerrison predictor

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Etymology[edit]

Designed by Major A. V. Kerrison at the Admiralty Research Laboratory, Teddington, in the late 1930s.

Noun[edit]

Kerrison predictor (plural Kerrison predictors)

  1. (military, historical) An early automated anti-aircraft fire-control system, capable of aiming a gun at an aircraft based on simple inputs such as observed speed and the angle to the target.