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61approach light — noun : one of a group of usually green lights placed outside a landing area and arranged to indicate to the pilot of an approaching airplane the direction and termination of a runway or landing strip * * * Aeron. one of a series of lights… …
62approach-avoidance conflict — ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun also approach avoidance : psychological conflict that results when a goal is both desirable and undesirable compare approach approach conflict herein avoidance avoidance conflict herein …
63approach — 1. verb /əˈprəʊtʃ/ a) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? mdash;2 Sam. xi. 20. b) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate. But… …
64Approach — Ap|proach* [ə proutʃ] der; [e]s, s <aus engl. approach »das Näherkommen, Annäherung« zu to approach »sich nähern«, dies über altfr. aprochier aus spätlat. appropiare>: 1. Sehweise, Art der Annäherung an ein [wissenschaftliches] Problem. 2.… …
65approach — [14] Approach is etymologically connected with propinquity ‘nearness’; they both go back ultimately to Latin prope ‘near’. Propinquity [14] comes from a derived Latin adjective propinquus ‘neighbouring’, while approach is based on the comparative …
66approach clearance — Authorization issued by air traffic control to the pilot of an aircraft for landing under instrument flight rules. The type of instrument approach procedure (IAP), along with other pertinent information, is provided in the approach clearance when …
67approach fix — The approach from or over which a final approach under IFR (instrument flight rules) to an airport is executed. This is on a projected centerline three to five miles (5–8 km) from the threshold …
68approach funnel — A specified airspace around a nominal approach path within which an aircraft approaching to land is considered to make a normal approach …
69approach gate — A point on the final approach which is either one mile from the final approach fix on the side away from the airport or five miles from the landing threshold, whichever is farther from the landing threshold …
70approach light contact height — The height on the glide path of an instrument landing system from which a pilot making an approach can expect to see the high intensity approach lights …
