GLIDE SLOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glide slope mean? 

• GLIDE SLOPE (noun)
  The noun GLIDE SLOPE has 1 sense:

1. the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

  Familiarity information: GLIDE SLOPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLIDE SLOPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

approach; approach path; glide path; glide slope

Hypernyms ("glide slope" is a kind of...):

air lane; airway; flight path; skyway (a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another)

Holonyms ("glide slope" is a part of...):

approach pattern; pattern; traffic pattern (the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport)