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Noun: dead reckoning
  1. An estimate based on little or no information
    - guess, guesswork, guessing, shot
     
  2. Navigation without the aid of celestial observations

Derived forms: dead reckonings

Type of: approximation, estimate, estimation, idea, navigation, pilotage, piloting

Encyclopedia: Dead reckoning