fire control system
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6.1
- noun
- Specialized
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sistema de control de fuego
Examples
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What the government needs to implement is a succession of quick but well-thought-out interventions with the least possible lag, so that some kind of closed-loop policy fire control system can be implemented instead of the insane method of World War I-style battleship prediction plotting extending over a period of years.
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The advanced fire control system allows the ship to accurately target enemy vessels in challenging conditions.
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As the operations officer, she monitored the fire control system to ensure precision during the naval exercise.
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The military upgraded its fire control system to improve target acquisition and tracking capabilities.
How Precise
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6.1
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5.0
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3.5
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is transparently compositional: 'fire' (the firing of weapons) + 'control' (mechanism to manage) + 'system' (set of components) directly yields a system for controlling weapon firing. Although domain-specific/technical, the meaning is literal and follows normal noun-noun composition patterns that a B1 learner who knows the parts can infer.
Etymology
Fire control system comes from a simple, literal image: a central machine that watches the enemy, aims the guns, and decides when to fire by taking control of the weapons. Imagine people and instruments in one room pointing guns so they hit the target, so the phrase means 'a system that finds, follows, and controls the firing of weapons'.