Home In (Verb)
Meaning
Direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids.
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
Examples
- The pilot began to home in on the emergency beacon as soon as he received the distress signal.
- Radar systems can home in on hostile aircraft and track them accurately.
- Using advanced navigational aids, the astronauts were able to home in on the precise coordinates of the Martian landing site.
- The team worked tirelessly to home in on the source of the error in the complex computer system.
- Air traffic control helped the lost pilot home in on the nearest runway using an instrument landing system.