lock on

Signifies that a tracking or target-seeking system is continuously and automatically tracking a target in one or more coordinates (e.g., range, bearing, elevation).

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Translations

w>lock on

vi (spaceship etc) → gekoppelt werden (to mit); the radio automatically locks onto a channel → das Radio hat automatische Feineinstellung; the missile locks onto its target → das Geschoss richtet sich auf das Ziel

vt sep radio, scanner → einstellen (→ to auf +acc); with a padlock he locked the extra piece on → er befestigte das zusätzliche Stück mit einem Anhängeschloss

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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