situational awareness

collocation in English

meaningsofsituationalandawareness

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situational
adjective
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/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən.əl/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən.əl/
related to or changing with a particular ...
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awareness
noun[U]
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/əˈweə.nəs/us
/əˈwer.nəs/
knowledge that something exists, or understanding of a situation or subject at the present time based on information ...
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(Definition ofsituationalandawarenessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is thesituationalawarenessmentioned earlier in this paper.
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Nevertheless, we certainly agree with the general point that when communicators share a physical situation they takesituationalawarenessinto account in formulating utterances.
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This is about new technology,situationalawareness, target identification, tactics, techniques and procedures.
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Situationalawarenesshelps commanders to coordinate widely dispersed mobile units against decisive enemy points.
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This allowed the pilots to maintain greatersituationalawarenessand reduce the chance of being spotted by the enemy due to the looser formation.
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In this approach the aircrew will not have the fullsituationalawarenessexperience in the airborne approach.
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This information exchange improves the overallsituationalawarenessof tactical commanders in the field and strategic commanders at command and control centers.
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The report also stated that the aircraft had shown weakness insituationalawareness, maintenance, shipboard operations and transport capability.
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In which case, both forces, depend on having a higher state ofsituationalawarenessand high-end military capacity to out-perform them when encountered.
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This lack ofsituationalawarenessresulted from procedural errors.
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This was later deemed to be caused by a lack ofsituationalawarenessand flight deck coordination.
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The unit measures around 10 2.5 cm (4 1 in) and provides troops on the ground with localsituationalawareness.
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This improves the tank commander'ssituationalawarenessand ability to navigate the battlefield and select and engage targets.
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The robots save lives by providing dismounted fire teams with increasedsituationalawarenessand standoff distance during urban warfare, compound clearing operations, and surveillance missions.
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The safety and efficiency of flights has been increased with improved pilot understanding of the aircraft's situation relative to its environment (orsituationalawareness).
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Bethune claims that the power of spatial intelligence andsituationalawarenessare fully explained in the practice of hockey.
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When used by law enforcement and the military, idle reduction technology increases mission capability by extending operational time and providing increasedsituationalawarenessand safety.
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Misjudgements can arise from a lack ofsituationalawarenessor from an error in reading instruments.
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Any mental state which is likely to reduce thesituationalawarenessof the diver will increase risk.
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Aspects such as flexibility andsituationalawarenesswere emphasized in the design to reduce pilot workload at high g and in a dense threat environment.
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