All 16 Uses
estimate
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- It was the closest thing to a range estimate Jones could come up with.†
Chpt 5.estimate = a rough calculation or guess of a value, quantity, or extent of something
- A Victor class, bearing zero-five-zero, estimated target speed thirty knots.†
Chpt 5. *estimated = roughly calculated or guessed (based on incomplete information) a value, quantity, or extent of something
- As you can see, she is a very large vessel, about 650 feet long, a beam of roughly 85 feet, and an estimated submerged displacement of 32,000 tons.†
Chpt 6.
- It's a solid-fuel missile with a range of about six thousand nautical miles, and it carries eight multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles, MIRVs, each with an estimated yield of five hundred kilotons.†
Chpt 6.
- Given his estimated speed as something between ten and thirty knots, he could be anywhere from here, below Iceland, to here, just off our coast.†
Chpt 6.
- Oh, sure, if you know a little astronomy, you might be able to estimate your latitude to within a few hundred miles.†
Chpt 6.estimate = a rough calculation or guess of a value, quantity, or extent of something
- The lecture had been perfunctory enough that it took no great intellect to estimate their chances of survival if they did crash on a night like this.†
Chpt 7.
- He'd done a tricky repair job on some ancillary reactor equipment two weeks earlier than estimated with a little creative effort and some back-channel procurement of spare parts.†
Chpt 8.estimated = roughly calculated or guessed (based on incomplete information) a value, quantity, or extent of something
- A circle respresented an estimated position, calculated from the speed with which a sub could move without giving off enough noise to be localized by the many sensors being employed.†
Chpt 10.
- Well, Jack, it would seem that your intelligence estimate was indeed correct.†
Chpt 13.estimate = a rough calculation or guess of a value, quantity, or extent of something
- It's my intelligence estimate, isn't it?†
Chpt 14.
- Back a few years ago I was asked to join a team of academics that was called in to check up on some of the CIA's intelligence estimates.†
Chpt 16.estimates = rough calculations or guesses of values, quantities, or extents
- Mancuso had ultimately produced Jones with his personal map to show the October's estimated course off Iceland.†
Chpt 17.estimated = roughly calculated or guessed (based on incomplete information) a value, quantity, or extent of something
- A long time to sit in one chair, and from a quick glance at the chart it appeared that the eight-hour estimate had been optimistic—or he'd misunderstood them.†
Chpt 17.estimate = a rough calculation or guess of a value, quantity, or extent of something
- He had set coins at the estimated positions of the three other subs.†
Chpt 17.estimated = roughly calculated or guessed (based on incomplete information) a value, quantity, or extent of something
- Estimated distance to target?†
Chpt 17.
Definitions:
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(1)
(estimate) rough calculation or judgment
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)