"NDB" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: NDBs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} NDB (plural NDBs)
  1. (aviation) Initialism of non-directional beacon, a type of radiobeacon used in air navigation which transmits an omnidirectional radio signal containing no encoded information about the direction from an aircraft to the beacon. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: non-directional beacon (extra: a type of radiobeacon used in air navigation which transmits an omnidirectional radio signal containing no encoded information about the direction from an aircraft to the beacon) Categories (topical): Aviation Coordinate_terms (marker beacon): fan marker, FM, inner marker, IM, middle marker, MM, outer marker, OM
    Sense id: en-NDB-en-noun-4Wj4TpSb Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'marker beacon': 64 36
  2. (military, nautical) Initialism of nuclear depth bomb. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: nuclear depth bomb Categories (topical): Military, Nautical, Navigation, Nuclear warfare
    Sense id: en-NDB-en-noun-O69uSEED Disambiguation of Navigation: 40 60 Disambiguation of Nuclear warfare: 43 57 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: navaid, depth charge Hyponyms: LOM Coordinate_terms: DME, glideslope, IGS, ILS, localizer, localiser, MLS, TACAN, VOR, VORTAC

Inflected forms

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