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GROUND CONTROL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ground control mean?
• GROUND CONTROL (noun)
The noun GROUND CONTROL has 1 sense:
1. a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a ground-controlled approach to landing
Familiarity information: GROUND CONTROL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a ground-controlled approach to landing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ground control" is a kind of...):
communication system (a system for communicating)
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