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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 landingplay

  Familiarity information: GROUND CONTROL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GROUND CONTROL (noun)


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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