SINS

[ sinz ]

noun
  1. a gyroscopic device indicating the exact speed and position of a vessel, as indicated by differences in positions over a given period on a given course, as well as the direction of true north.

Origin of SINS

1
s(hip's)i(nertial)n(avigation)s(ystem)

Words Nearby SINS

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How to use SINS in a sentence

  • Greater mischiefs happen often from folly, meanness, and vanity than from the greater SINS of avarice and ambition.

    Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. Ballou
  • I found that I had been allowed to acquire certain bad habits and besetting SINS—most people do.

    The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
  • When the father had finished, he stabbed his wife, telling her to repent of her SINS and to confess to God who would pardon her.

  • And they sought out all iniquities, till vengeance came upon them, and put an end to all their SINS.

  • He says that he has SINS enough to his account without laying up a reckoning with posterity.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton