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home

1. the environment or habitat of a person or animal

a. a building or organization set up to care for orphans, the aged, etc.

b. an informal name for a mental home

3. Sport one's own ground

a. the objective towards which a player strives in certain sports

b. an area where a player is safe from attack

5. Lacrosse

a. one of two positions of play nearest the opponents' goal

b. a player assigned to such a position

6. Baseball another name for home plate

7. Sport relating to one's own ground

Home

Baron. See (Baron) Home of the Hirsel

home [hōm]

(computer science)

The location at the upper left-hand corner of an electronic display.

(electricity)

To return to the starting position, as in a stepping relay or turning motor.

(navigation)

To navigate toward a point by maintaining constant some navigational parameter other than altitude.

(ordnance)

To travel to a target by guidance of heat radiation, radar echoes, radio waves, sound waves, laser beams, or other phenomena reflected from or originating in the target, as in homing missiles and homing torpedoes.

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Her lists of the things that drive an editor crazy--with lots of specific examples that will make anyone cringe--will hit home with every reader and are an especially useful aspect of what is, overall, a very helpful guide.

Thanks, but this isn't for us; a (sort of) compassionate guide to why ... by Reference & Research Book News

After all these years, Smokey's safety tips seem to have hit home.

Birthday bear by Bruno, Tara / Science World

I met Tony Daley, Dwight Yorke, Dalian Atkinson and some real old-school people and it just hit home when the kids mentioned it.

Luke: Kids need a sound foundation by Birmingham Mail (England)

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