iswas

noun

iswas

noun

Etymology From is + was, i.e. for calculating where the target will be based on where it is and was.

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Government, Military, Naval, Navy, Politics, War Historical, No plural, Slang A kind of hand-held slide rule used for predicting the location of a target based on its current and recent positions.

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