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PRONUNCIATION OF APPROACH LIGHTS

approach lights  [əˈprəʊtʃ laɪts] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APPROACH LIGHTS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Approach lights is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES APPROACH LIGHTS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of approach lights in the English dictionary

The definition of approach lights in the dictionary is lights on the runway that guide planes coming in to land.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APPROACH LIGHTS


brights
braɪts
daylights
ˈdeɪˌlaɪts
Dolomites
ˈdɒləˌmaɪts
footlights
ˈfʊtˌlaɪts
heights
ˈhaɪts
highlights
ˈhaɪlaɪts
knights
naɪts
lights
laɪts
lowlights
ˈləʊlaɪts
nights
naɪts
rights
raɪts
sights
saɪts
tights
taɪts
whites
waɪts

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APPROACH LIGHTS

appro
approach
approach march
approach path
approach road
approach shot
approach stage
approachability
approachable
approachableness
approaching
approbate
approbate and reprobate
approbation
approbative
approbatory
appropinquate
appropinquation
appropinque
appropinquity

WORDS THAT END LIKE APPROACH LIGHTS

animal rights
Arabian Nights
Bill of Rights
bragging rights
bright lights
by rights
Christmas lights
civil rights
hazard lights
hazard warning lights
human rights
northern lights
polar lights
proprietary rights
the bright lights
thoughts
Thousand and One Nights
to rights
traffic lights
voting rights
Wuthering Heights

Synonyms and antonyms of approach lights in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «approach lights» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APPROACH LIGHTS

Find out the translation of approach lights to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of approach lights from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «approach lights» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

进场灯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

luces de aproximación
570 millions of speakers

English

approach lights
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दृष्टिकोण रोशनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أضواء النهج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

огни приближения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

luzes de aproximação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পদ্ধতি লাইট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

feux d´approche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lampu pendekatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anflugbefeuerung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

進入灯
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

접근 조명
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pendekatan lampu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đèn tiếp cận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அணுகுமுறை விளக்குகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दृष्टिकोन दिवे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yaklaşma ışıkları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

luci di avvicinamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

światła podejścia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вогні наближення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lumini de apropiere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φώτα προσέγγισης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

benadering ligte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inflygningsljus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

innflygingslys
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of approach lights

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APPROACH LIGHTS»

The term «approach lights» is regularly used and occupies the 106.005 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APPROACH LIGHTS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about approach lights

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APPROACH LIGHTS»

Discover the use of approach lights in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to approach lights and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Vought F-8u Crusader Pilot's Flight Operating Manual
Systems Did-CIIF'I'IDN The angle-Of'flttflolt'. indicating system and the approach lights provide the pilot and the landing signal officer with visual indications of aircraft angle of attaclt. Indications are presented on the angle-of-attacit indicolor (1', ...
United States Navy, 2007
2
JAR Professional Pilot Studies
NPA MINIMA - FULL FACILITIES With runway markings, 720m+ of high or medium intensity approach lights, runway edge, threshold and end lights, all on. NPA MINIMA - INTERMEDIATE With runway markings, 420-719m HI/MI approach and ...
Phil Croucher, 2004
3
Lighting Control: Technology and Applications
Flashing approach lights. The main approach lighting is sometimes augmented by a series of flashing lights installed on the centerline of the main approach lights. These are xenon flash lamps that flash in sequence; they are used as a poor ...
Robert S. Simpson, 2003
4
Flying Magazine
I told David, my new pilot friend who was riding in the right seat, to look out the windshield, more down than ahead, and tell me when or if he saw the approach lights. Exactly at decision height the approach lights oozed into view directly below ...
5
How to Become a Pilot: The Step-by-step Guide to Flying
2. Pilots may request that lights be turned on or off. Runway edge lights, in- pavement lights and approach lights also have intensity controls which may be varied to meet the pilot's request. Sequenced flashing lights may be turned on and off.
‎1987
6
F-4 Phantom Pilot's Flight Operating Manual
APPROACH LIGHTS An approach light system, with red, amber, and green indicator lights, is used to show symbolic airplane angle of attack during landing approaches. Four switches within the angle of attack indicator deter~ mine which of ...
Periscope Film Com, 2007
7
United States Standard Flight Inspection Manual (Reprinted ...
Figure 218-1 RUNWAYS WITH APPROACH LIGHTS f Predetermined intensity step. 218.1 Introduction a. An approach lighting system is a configuration of signal lights disposed symmetrically about the runway centerline extended, starting at ...
8
Manuale Pilota McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG Mk1 1969 (eng): ...
This is the only operating control in the cockpit for the approach lights assembly on the nose gear door. The switch, when placed in the BYPASS position, completes a circuit which causes the approach lights to come on steady without having ...
COSTARMAEREO, 1969
9
MACDONNELL DOUGLAS F-4 PHANTOM II: FLIGHT MANUAL 8
This is the only operating control in the cockpit for the approach lights assembly on the nose gear door. The switch, when placed in the BYPASS position, completes a circuit which causes the approach lights to come on steady without having ...
COSTARMAEREO, 1969
10
Weight-Shift Control Aircraft Flying Handbook
For example, when a double row of approach lights joins the boundary lights of the runway, there can be confusion where the approach lights terminate and runway lights begin. Under certain conditions, approach lights can make the aircraft ...
Faa, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APPROACH LIGHTS»

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Delta to continue seasonal flights from Harlingen
Future plans include the installation of a new GPS and approach lights landing system to reduce possible delays and passenger ... «Brownsville Herald, Jul 15»
2
Delta to continue seasonal flights to Minneapolis out of Harlingen
Future plans include the installation of a new GPS and approach lights landing system to reduce possible delays and passenger ... «Monitor, Jul 15»
3
Danger right under their noses
approach lights sit right in the squatters' backyard. ... a series of light bars and strobe lights, some of which stand as tall as the approach lights. «New Straits Times Online, Jun 15»
4
Why Does Weather Cause Air Traffic Delays?
But by that point, the aircraft must be able see the runway or approach lights at the airport. If not, it must fly a "missed approach" pattern, then go ... «Gizmodo India, Jun 15»
5
Magong Airport gets new instrument landing system
... the Civil Aeronautics Administration decided to install an additional instrument landing system and airport approach lights for Runway 20. «Focus Taiwan News Channel, Jun 15»
6
Eastern Airlines jet crashes at Kennedy Airport during a …
The plane, on a nonstop flight from New Orleans, struck several approach lights, crashed to the ground beside Rockaway Blvd., and burst into ... «New York Daily News, Jun 15»
7
Nigeria's Aviation Woes
... the country's airports with "66 CALKIT brand of emergency airfield and additional two-approach lights". But in a country not short of resources, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
8
Cobb to update airport plan, hire projects manager
This person also will assist in managing other airport projects such as a north apron rehabilitation/expansion project and approach lights - both ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 15»
9
FAA Conducts Crash Tests For Airport Frangibility Guidelines
The FAA is staging ground collisions between representative aircraft wings and landing gear with approach lights and landing aids to develop ... «Aviation Week, May 15»
10
Aero Contractor B735 at Jos on Aug 21st 2010, runway excursion on …
The AIB reported, that although the ILS' glideslope had been NOTAMed to now be serviceable, the approach lights and edge lights runway 10 ... «The Aviation Herald, May 15»

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