Homing may refer to:
Guidance
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Guidance system, a device or group of devices used to navigate a ship, aircraft, missile, rocket, satellite, or other craft
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Homing (missile guidance)
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Infrared homing, a passive missile guidance system which uses the emission from a target of infrared electromagnetic radiation
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Semi-active radar homing, a common type of missile guidance system for longer-range air-to-air and surface-to-air missile systems
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Active radar homing, a missile guidance method in which a guided missile uses a radar transceiver to find and track its target autonomously
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Homing torpedo
A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Historically, su ...
, "fire and forget" torpedoes can use passive or active guidance
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Acoustic homing
Acoustic homing is a system which uses the acoustic signature (sound) of a target to guide a moving object, such as a torpedo. Acoustic homing can be either passive or active in nature. Using passive homing, the system is designed to move either ...
, a system which uses sound to guide a moving object
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Homing (biology)
Homing is the inherent ability of an animal to navigate towards an original location through unfamiliar areas. This location may be either a home territory, or a breeding spot.
Uses
Homing abilities can be used to find the way back to home in a ...
, the inherent ability of an animal to navigate towards an original location through unfamiliar areas
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Homing pigeon, a variety of domestic pigeon bred to find its way home over extremely long distances
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Homing beacon
An emergency locator beacon is a radio beacon, a portable battery powered radio transmitter, used to locate airplanes, vessels, and persons in distress and in need of immediate rescue. Various types of emergency locator beacons are carried by ai ...
, sometimes homer, a beacon that transmits a signal to be homed on
Other uses
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Homing (hematopoietic), a process of cellular migration
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Homing (horse), a racehorse
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Homing (mechanical), moving a mechanical system to a reference position
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Multiple homing, two types of telephone connections of a terminal facility
See also
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Bird migration
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Distress radiobeacon
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Honing (disambiguation)
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