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单词 navaid
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Definition of navaid in English:

navaid

noun ˈnaveɪdˈnavād
  • A navigational device in an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle.

    (飞机、船只或其他航行器上的)助航设备

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pilots mulled over the pros and cons of landing at either field, considering distance, available navaids, ground services, and the weather.
    • The runway will be of asphalt with navaids and adequate lighting for night landing to be provided.
    • We had a very experienced flight crew who, whether through unfamiliarity or lack of approach plate review, dialed up the incorrect navaids.
    • But we see a very large and continuing international market for traditional navaids.
    • The defining GPS waypoints have satellite-derived coordinates that are co-located with the ground navaids for that approach.
    • The second scenario assumes that all conventional navaids are still operating but that 80 percent of aircraft will be GPS equipped.
    • The system can also provide information on weather, runways out of service or navaids that are down, among other things, all without talking to any controllers.
    • I haven't owned an airplane with a navaid in it for over 30 years now.
    • We rarely fly along the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula because of its proximity to Canadian airspace and lack of suitable navaids.
    • I instantly reached down and dialed in the navaid channel.
    • It will use its beep to call you when it receives a message warning of a problem with navaids, severe weather or search and rescue activities.
    • Decades ago, lighthouses evolved into scenic anachronisms as the U.S. Coast Guard converted the sites still in use into fully automated navaids.
    • We had lost radio contact with ATC because of the mountains, and we had no navaids.
    • If you turn to speak to a passenger or look down to set a navaid while rolling, for example, a swerve is a distinct possibility.

Origin

1950s: from navigational aid.

Definition of navaid in US English:

navaid

nounˈnavād
  • A navigational device in an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle.

    (飞机、船只或其他航行器上的)助航设备

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The second scenario assumes that all conventional navaids are still operating but that 80 percent of aircraft will be GPS equipped.
    • We had lost radio contact with ATC because of the mountains, and we had no navaids.
    • It will use its beep to call you when it receives a message warning of a problem with navaids, severe weather or search and rescue activities.
    • Decades ago, lighthouses evolved into scenic anachronisms as the U.S. Coast Guard converted the sites still in use into fully automated navaids.
    • But we see a very large and continuing international market for traditional navaids.
    • We rarely fly along the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula because of its proximity to Canadian airspace and lack of suitable navaids.
    • If you turn to speak to a passenger or look down to set a navaid while rolling, for example, a swerve is a distinct possibility.
    • We had a very experienced flight crew who, whether through unfamiliarity or lack of approach plate review, dialed up the incorrect navaids.
    • I instantly reached down and dialed in the navaid channel.
    • The defining GPS waypoints have satellite-derived coordinates that are co-located with the ground navaids for that approach.
    • The runway will be of asphalt with navaids and adequate lighting for night landing to be provided.
    • The pilots mulled over the pros and cons of landing at either field, considering distance, available navaids, ground services, and the weather.
    • The system can also provide information on weather, runways out of service or navaids that are down, among other things, all without talking to any controllers.
    • I haven't owned an airplane with a navaid in it for over 30 years now.

Origin

1950s: from navigational aid.

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