slant line

  • 1slant line — The actual distance between an aircraft and a ground radio facility. This distance is more than the horizontal distance. A DME (distance measuring equipment) indicator shows the slant line distance. Also called a slant range …

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  • 2slant line — noun : slant 2e …

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  • 3slant range — i. The line of sight distance between two points not at the same altitude or level relative to a specific datum. ii. The actual distance between a ground based radar and an airborne target. The range indicated by the radar is the slant range. iii …

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  • 4Slant Magazine — Información general URL www.slantmagazine.com Tipo de sitio Revista on line de cine y música Registro …

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  • 5slant — vb Slant, slope, incline, lean are comparable when they mean to diverge or cause to diverge from a vertical or horizontal line. Slant carries the sharpest and clearest implication of such divergence of any of these terms but it carries no… …

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  • 6Slant — Slant, v. t. To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7Slant — Slant, a. [Cf. dial. Sw. slant. See {Slant}, v. i.] Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique. The slant lightning. Milton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 8Slant (Band) — Slant ist eine russisch US amerikanische Metalband aus Annandale/Virginia, die 2001 von den russischen Brüdern Iliya und Andrew Karpman, sowie den beiden Amerikanern Fahimuz Zaman und Munir Haque gegründet wurde. Slant steht bei Gotham Records… …

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  • 9slant — [slant] vt., vi. [ME slenten, to glide, slope < Scand, as in ODan slente, to slip < IE * (s)lend(h) < base * (s)leidh , slippery, to glide > SLIDE] 1. to incline or turn from a direct line or course, esp. one that is perpendicular or… …

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  • 10Slant — Slant, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slanting}.] [OE. slenten to slope, slide; cf. Sw. slinta to slide.] To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope. [1913 Webster] On the side of younder… …

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