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  • 1cruise control — cruise′ control n. aum a system on some motor vehicles that can be set to maintain a chosen speed automatically • Etymology: 1970–75 …

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  • 2Cruise control — For the software build framework, see CruiseControl. Cruise control mounted on a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Steering Wheel Cruise control (sometimes known as speed control or autocruise) is a system that automatically controls the speed of a motor… …

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  • 3cruise control — noun control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed • Hypernyms: ↑control, ↑controller * * * noun [noncount] 1 : a device in a vehicle that a driver turns on to make the vehicle continue at whatever speed the driver has chosen 2 : a… …

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  • 4cruise control — A feature that keeps your vehicle moving at a set speed. Old cruise controls were mere throttle control units which kept the engine speed the same. When the vehicle approached a hill, the vehicle slowed down noticeable going up and speeded up… …

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  • 5cruise control — noun a system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed …

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  • 6Autonomous cruise control system — Schematic of Intelligent Cruise Control. The red car automatically follows the blue car. Autonomous cruise control is an optional cruise control system appearing on some more upscale vehicles. The system goes under many different trade names… …

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  • 7Control engineering — Control systems play a critical role in space flight Control engineering or Control systems engineering is the engineering discipline that applies control theory to design systems with predictable behaviors. The practice uses sensors to measure… …

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  • 8Control theory — For control theory in psychology and sociology, see control theory (sociology) and Perceptual Control Theory. The concept of the feedback loop to control the dynamic behavior of the system: this is negative feedback, because the sensed value is… …

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  • 9Control system (disambiguation) — A control system is a device or set of devices to manage, command, direct or regulate the behavior of other devices or systems. A control mechanism is a process used by a control system. Control system may refer to: Contents 1 General control… …

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  • 10Cruise, Tom — (July 3, 1962– )    Born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV,Tom Cruise dropped his father’s surname after his parents’ divorce when he was an adolescent. Cruise saw his father very little after that, until one final visit as his father lay dying of cancer …

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