"Azon" meaning in All languages combined

See Azon on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Azons [plural], AZON [alternative]
Etymology: From az(imuth) on(ly). Head templates: {{en-noun}} Azon (plural Azons)
  1. (historical) A gliding bomb of World War II whose azimuth could be adjusted via radio. Wikipedia link: Azon Tags: historical Synonyms: VB-1 (english: Vertical Bomb 1; official designation)
    Sense id: en-Azon-en-noun-YgSjNYSR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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        {
          "ref": "1999, Frederick A. Johnsen, B-24 Liberator: Rugged But Right, page 77:",
          "text": "Three hundred Azon tail units arrived in the theater of operations early in July 1944; following a crash course in Azon, a technical team followed the fins overseas in August.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "2012, Spencer Tucker, Almanac of American Military History, Volume 3: 1914-1949, page 1636,\nThe Azon (for Azimuth Only) was developed by the Allies contemporaneously with the German Fritz X. […] Azons were subsequently employed with some success against bridges on the Japanese-operated Burma Railway; 493 Azons destroyed 27 bridges, including the famous Kwai River bridge."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Edward M. Young, B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI, page 39:",
          "text": "In the autumn of 1944 ten B-24s equipped for Azon bombing and ten trained crews joined the 7th BG.",
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        }
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        "A gliding bomb of World War II whose azimuth could be adjusted via radio."
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        [
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          "World War II"
        ],
        [
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        ]
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        "(historical) A gliding bomb of World War II whose azimuth could be adjusted via radio."
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          "english": "Vertical Bomb 1; official designation",
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  "etymology_text": "From az(imuth) on(ly).",
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    {
      "form": "Azons",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "AZON",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        },
        {
          "text": "2012, Spencer Tucker, Almanac of American Military History, Volume 3: 1914-1949, page 1636,\nThe Azon (for Azimuth Only) was developed by the Allies contemporaneously with the German Fritz X. […] Azons were subsequently employed with some success against bridges on the Japanese-operated Burma Railway; 493 Azons destroyed 27 bridges, including the famous Kwai River bridge."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Edward M. Young, B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI, page 39:",
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    }
  ],
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}

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