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Radio Beacon

Definitions: Radio Beacon

Radio Beacon

Noun

1. A characteristic signal emitted by a transmitter used for navigation.

2. A radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Radio Beacon

DomainDefinitions

Aerospace

Any radio transmitter, together with its associated equipment, that emits signals enabling the determination, by means of suitable receiving equipment, of direction, distance, or position with respect to the beacon. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Radio Beacon

Synonym: beacon (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Radio Beacon

Specialty definitions using "radio beacon": ADF letdown, automatic direction finder letdowncone of silenceomnidirectional radio beaconradiophare, recovery packageZ marker beacon. (references)

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Expression: Radio Beacon

Expression using "radio beacon": omnidirectional radio beacon. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Radio Beacon

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

radio beacon

40
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Modern Translations: Radio Beacon

Language Translations for "radio beacon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

radiofar (radiophare). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

радиофар. (various references)

   

Danish

  

radiofyr der kan dirigeres i alle retninger (omnidirectional radio beacon). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

rondstraalradiobaken (omnidirectional radio beacon). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

monisuuntamajakka (omni, omnidirectional radio beacon). (various references)

   

French

  

radiophare omnidirectionnel (omnidirectional radio beacon). (various references)

   

German

  

funkfeuer (beacon), funkbake. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

rádiós irányadó (wireless beacon), rádió-irányjeladó (wireless beacon). (various references)

   

Italian

  

radiofaro (beacon). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adioray eaconbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

radiofarol (radiophare). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

радиомаяк (radiophare). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

radiofar. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

radiofaro omnidireccional (omnidirectional radio beacon). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

radiofyr (radiophare). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

радіомаяк (radiophare). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

đèn hiệu rađiô. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Radio Beacon

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-e-i-n-o-o-r"

-2 letters: anaerobic, androecia, carbonade, carbonado.

-3 letters: abidance, braconid, carabine, debonair, radiance.

-4 letters: acarine, acaroid, aerobia, aerobic, aneroid, araneid, bandora, bandore, bicorne, boronic, bradoon, brained, bridoon, broaden, brocade, cabined, cairned, carabid, carabin, carbide, carbine, cardiae, cardoon, carinae, codeina, corbina, cordoba, coronae, crooned, inboard, ocarina, onboard.

-5 letters: abider, aboard, abrade, abroad, acarid, acedia, acinar, acnode, aeonic, anodic, arabic, arcade, arcane, arnica, bander, bardic, beacon, bicorn, bicron, binder, bodice, bonaci, bonder, bonier, borane, boride, braced, brined, bronco, canard, candor, canoed, carbon, cardia, caribe, caried, carina, carnie, ceboid, cedarn, cinder, codeia, codein, coined, coiner, condor, conoid, corban, corbie, cordon, cornea, corned, corona, craned, crania, dancer, deacon, denari, dinero, inbred, indaba, indoor, inroad, ironed, nacred, nordic, orcein, ordain, oroide, racoon, radian, rained, rancid, rebind, recoin, riband, roadeo, roadie, roband.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-d-e-i-n-o-o-r"
 

+2 letters: decarbonation.

 

+3 letters: containerboard, decarbonations.

 

+4 letters: containerboards, decarboxylation.

 

+5 letters: decarboxylations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Radio Beacon


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 61 64 69 6F      42 65 61 63 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100001 01100100 01101001 01101111 00100000 01000010 01100101 01100001 01100011 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#97 &#100 &#105 &#111 &#32 &#66 &#101 &#97 &#99 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0061 0064 0069 006F      0042 0065 0061 0063 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

52677075812367167698180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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