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Princeton's WordNet

  1. guidance, steeringnoun

    the act of guiding or showing the way

  2. steering, guidance, directionnoun

    the act of setting and holding a course

    "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"

  3. steering, steeragenoun

    the act of steering a ship

Wiktionary

  1. steeringnoun

    Equipment used to control direction, something used to steer.

Wikipedia

  1. Steering

    Steering is a system of components, linkages, and other parts that allows a driver to control the direction of the vehicle.

ChatGPT

  1. steering

    Steering refers to controlling or guiding the course or direction of a vehicle, conversation, situation or any entity in a particular direction. In the context of a vehicle, it specifically involves manipulating its steering device (such as a wheel, joystick etc.) to ensure it follows a desired path. In other contexts, it can be manipulating or influencing the course of events or discussions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Steering

    of Steer

  2. Steering

    a. & n. from Steer, v

Freebase

  1. Steering

    Steering is the term applied to the collection of components, linkages, etc. which will allow a vessel or vehicle to follow the desired course. An exception is the case of rail transport by which rail tracks combined together with railroad switches provide the steering function.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. steering

    [Anglo-Saxon stéoran]. The perfection of steering consists in a vigilant attention to the motion of the ship's head, so as to check every deviation from the line of her course in the first instant of its commencement, and in applying as little of the power of the helm as possible, for the action of the rudder checks a ship's speed.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of steering in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of steering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of steering in a Sentence

  1. John Prine:

    Sometimes a steering wheel is better than a guitar

  2. Ola Benderius:

    If you know, for example, that the driver will pull the steering wheel 80 degrees to the left, you can pull a little more on the right side to compensate. You can compensate for the driver because the driver doesn’t really know how the wheels are aligned, but the system can measure them.

  3. Attorney Chantel Cherry-Lassiter:

    Let's be clear. This was an execution. Andrew Brown was in his driveway. The sheriff truck blocked him in his driveway so he could not exit his driveway, andrew had his hands on his steering wheel – he was not reaching for anything, he was not touching anything, he wasn't throwing anything around. He has his hands firmly on the steering wheel.

  4. Ola Benderius:

    Now we can know what the driver will do before they have done it. You can look 0.4 seconds into the future. That is very good because we can compensate for that, for instance, in an anti-skid system, if you know, for example, that the driver will pull the steering wheel 80 degrees to the left, you can pull a little more on the right side to compensate. You can compensate for the driver because the driver doesn’t really know how the wheels are aligned, but the system can measure them.

  5. adelkeri:

    The most stupid man is not the one who acts or speaks improperly, but he who consigns the steering wheel of his destiny to a religious man.

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