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midcourse correction

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midcourse correction [′mid‚kȯrs kə′rek·shən]
(aerospace engineering)
A change in the course of a spacecraft some time between the end of the launching phase and some arbitrary point when terminal guidance begins.


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No doubt the hard-charging superintendent saw the Hess project as a "formative" evaluation that would help him make midcourse corrections.
For conservatives who generally support President Bush but are concerned about the Republican party's drift under his stewardship, the Specter-Toomey race, and a handful of other primary elections, offer the opportunity to make a midcourse correction.
Then, about eight years ago, Direction Service made a "major midcourse correction," Peter said.
 
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