SINS

American

[sinz] / sɪnz /

noun

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.

Etymology

Origin of SINS

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

Example Sentences

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In America, as Kenyon tells Donatello: “Each generation has only its own sins and sorrows to bear. Here, it seems as if all the weary and dreary Past were piled upon the back of the Present.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But the focus is on distances—between people, and between the mental compartments in which they file away their sins.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jayes is also on the parish council "for my sins", he says with a wry smile.

From BBC

The Agnus Dei begins in glum realization that there may be no compensation for humanity’s great sins when, again astonishingly without expectation, one of Beethoven’s uniquely wondrous melodies takes over.

From Los Angeles Times

By handing Banks a length of rope instead, and standing by as she prettily ties it into a noose, they invite the audience to conclude that the many sins of “Top Model” weren’t merely systemic.

From Salon

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