1. Norden - Noun
2. Norden - Proper noun
A surname.
Various places, including:
A hamlet in Dorset, England, formerly in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9483).
A suburban village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8514).
A village in Nevada County, California, United States.
A township in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States.
A town in Aurich district, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Norden (plural Nordens)
Short for Norden bombsight.
Also, its decade-long head start and Ted Barth’s promotional ability had fully entrenched the Norden Company’s business position with the military hierarchy. Source: Internet
Conditions in the European theatre made it very difficult to achieve the accuracy that had been possible using the exceptional and top-secret Norden optical bombsight in the clear skies over the desert bombing ranges of Nevada and California. Source: Internet
But numbers aside, Norden said the group will be remembered for their day-to-day approach to the program. Source: Internet
Examples include: * Systime Ltd. of the United Kingdom produced clones of early VAX models such as the Systime 8750 (equivalent to the VAX 11/750). citation * Norden Systems produced the ruggedized, Military-specification MIL VAX series. Source: Internet
Even with its faults, the Norden bombsight was a technological marvel for its day. Source: Internet
This event must have rattled Norden, who held Germans as untrustworthy and yet employed numerous craftsmen of German descent in the manufacture of his bombsight. Source: Internet