"control tower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: control towers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} control tower (plural control towers)
  1. (aviation) An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport. Categories (topical): Aviation, Buildings Translations (airport control tower): بُرْج مُرَاقَبَة (burj murāqaba) [masculine] (Arabic), վերահսկողության աշտարակ (verahskoġutʻyan aštarak) (Armenian), контролна кула (kontrolna kula) [feminine] (Bulgarian), torre de control [feminine] (Catalan), 塔臺 (Chinese Mandarin), 塔台 (tǎtái) (Chinese Mandarin), 指揮塔 (Chinese Mandarin), 指挥塔 (zhǐhuītǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 調度台 (diàodùtái) (Chinese Mandarin), 控制塔 (kòngzhìtǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), řídicí věž [feminine] (Czech), kontroltårn [neuter] (Danish), verkeerstoren [masculine] (Dutch), controletoren [masculine] (Dutch), lennujuhtimistorn (Estonian), lennonjohtotorni (Finnish), tour de contrôle [feminine] (French), torre de control [feminine] (Galician), აეროდრომული სადისპეჩერო პუნქტი (aerodromuli sadisṗečero ṗunkṭi) (Georgian), Kontrollturm [masculine] (German), Tower [masculine] (German), πύργος ελέγχου (pýrgos elénchou) [masculine] (Greek), מגדל פיקוח (migdal fiquh) [masculine] (Hebrew), नियंत्रण टॉवर (niyantraṇ ṭŏvar) (Hindi), irányítótorony (Hungarian), flugturn [masculine] (Icelandic), menara pengawas (Indonesian), túr rialaithe [masculine] (Irish), túr rialúcháin [masculine] (Irish), torre di controllo [feminine] (Italian), 管制塔 (kanseitō) (alt: かんせいとう) (Japanese), 관제탑 (gwanjetap) (alt: 管制塔) (Korean), vadības tornis [masculine] (Latvian), kontrolės bokštas [masculine] (Lithuanian), menara kawalan (Malay), kontrolltårn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kontrolltårn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), برج مراقبت (Persian), wieża kontroli lotów [feminine] (Polish), torre de controle [feminine] (Portuguese), torre de controlo [feminine] (Portuguese), turn de control [neuter] (Romanian), кома́ндно-диспе́тчерский пу́нкт (komándno-dispétčerskij púnkt) [masculine] (Russian), контролни торањ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kontrolni toranj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), riadiaca veža [feminine] (Slovak), nadzorni stolp [masculine] (Slovene), torre de control [feminine] (Spanish), kontrolltorn [neuter] (Swedish), หอควบคุมการบิน (hɔ̌ɔ-kûuap-kum-gaan-bin) (Thai), หอควบคุม (hɔ̌ɔ-kûuap-kum) (Thai), kontrol kulesi (Turkish), кома́ндно-диспе́тчерський пу́нкт (komándno-dyspétčersʹkyj púnkt) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. An enclosed, raised structure occupied by one or more persons who operate or exercise control over railway traffic, ship movement, a racetrack, machinery, etc.
    Sense id: en-control_tower-en-noun-tQWMSTFn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nontowered

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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "airport control tower",
      "word": "kontrol kulesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "komándno-dyspétčersʹkyj púnkt",
      "sense": "airport control tower",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кома́ндно-диспе́тчерський пу́нкт"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Air traffic control"
  ],
  "word": "control tower"
}

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