guidance

Noun
  1. Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action (synset 106663446)
    is a type of: content, message, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
    subtypes:
    same as: counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
  2. The act of guiding or showing the way (synset 101147389)
    is a type of: direction, management - the act of managing something
    same as: steering
  3. The act of setting and holding a course (synset 100816981)
    "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"
    is a type of: control - the activity of managing or exerting control over something
    subtypes:
    • driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
    • aim - the action of directing something at an object
    • navigation, pilotage, piloting - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
    • celestial guidance - a method of controlling the flight of a missile or spacecraft by reference to the positions of celestial bodies
    • inertial guidance, inertial navigation - a method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to inertial forces
    • command guidance - a method of controlling the flight of a missile by commands originating from the ground or from another missile
    • terrestrial guidance - a method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to the strength and direction of the earth's gravitational field
    same as: direction, steering

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