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"ILS" is a common misspelling or typo for: oils, ills, nils, lis, iles, IIS, ails, fils, mils, ilks, tils.

Date "ILS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1530. (references)

Specialty Definition: ILS

DomainDefinition
Aerospace1: Instrument Landing System (uses precision localizer and glide-slope radio transmitters near a runway to provide landing approach guidance). (references)
 2: Integrated Logistic Support. (references)
 3: = instrument landing system. Abbreviation. (references)
AviationInstrument Landing System. (references)
BusinessAbbreviation for instrument landing system. (references)
Military1: 1) Instrument landing system. 2) Integrated logistic support. (references)
 2: Integrated Logistics Support (Army, Navy, and Air Force). (references)
 3: Integrated logistics support. (references)
Technology1: Integrated Logic Simulator. (references)
 2: Integrated Logistics Support. (references)
 3: See INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM. (references)

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

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Specialty Expressions: ILS

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
ILS (instrument landing system)AerospaceLocated at most major airports, this navigational equipment employs two separate antennae to provide pilots with vertical and horizontal guidance to the runway. (references)
ILS beam captureTransportationInterception of an instrument landing system (ILS) beam in order to land. Source: European Union. (references)
ILS categoriesTechnology1) ILS Category I: An ILS approach procedure which provides for approach to a height above touchdown of not less than 200 feet and with runway visual range of not less than 1,800 feet; 2) ILS Category II: An ILS approach procedure which provides for approach to a height above touchdown of not less than 100 feet and with runway visual range of not less than 1,200 feet; and 3) ILS Category III: a) IIIA: An ILS approach procedure which provides for approach without a decision height minimum and with runway visual range of not less than 700 feet; b) IIIB: An ILS approach procedure which provides for approach without a decision height minimum and with runway visual range of not less than 150 feet; and c) IIIC: An ILS approach procedure which provides for approach without a decision height minimum and without runway visual range minimum. (references)
ILS categoriesTransportationCategories of instrument flight allowed at airports equipped with instrument landing systems. Source: European Union. (references)
ILS glide pathTransportationThe locus of points in a vertical plane which contains the runway centre line and at which the DDM is zero, this being the closest to the horizontal plane for all such loci. Source: European Union. (references)
ILS integrityTransportationThat quality which relates to the trust which can be placed in the correctness of the information supplied by the facility. Source: European Union. (references)
ILS Point BTransportation1: On an extended runway, the centerline 1, 050 m (3, 500 ft) from threshold. Source: European Union. (references)
  2: A point on the ILS glide path measured along the extended runway centre line in the approach direction a distance of 1, 050 metres (3, 500 feet) from the threshold. Source: European Union. (references)
ILS point CTransportationA point through which the downward extended straight portion of the nominal ILS glide path passes at the height of 30 metres(100 feet)above the horizontal plane containing the threshold. Source: European Union. (references)
ILS point DTransportation1: A point 6 meters (20 feet) above the runway center line and 600 meters (2, 000 feet) from the threshold in the direction of the localizer. Source: European Union. (references)
  2: A point 6 metres(20 feet)above the runway centre line and 600 metres(2, 000 feet)from the threshold in the direction of the localizer. Source: European Union. (references)
ILS PRM approachTechnologyAn instrument landing system (ILS) approach conducted to parallel runways whose extended centerlines are separated by less than 4,300 feet and the parallel runways have a Precision Runway Monitoring (PRM) system that permits simultaneous independent ILS approaches. (references)
ILS reference datumTransportationA point at a specified height located vertically above the intersection of the runway center line and the threshold and through which the downward extended straight portion of the ILS glide path passes. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: ILS

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
ILSDanishNy shekelGeography
ILSDutchInstrumenten landingssysteemN/A
ILSEnglishInsem Local ServerN/A
ILSFinnishUusi sekeliGeography
ILSFrenchShekel-code ISON/A
ILSGermanNeuer SchekelGeography
ILSGreekνέο σέκελGeography
ILSItalianSistema di atterraggio strumentaleN/A
ILSPortugueseNovo shekelGeography
ILSSpanishNuevo sheqelGeography
ILSSwedishInstrumentlandningssystemN/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: ILS

ILS

ILS can refer to any of the following:

  • Instrument Landing System, a precise navigation system for aircraft, used under instrument flight rules
  • International Life Saving Federation
  • Intermediate Life Support
  • International Launch Services
  • Internet Locator Service, used for locating user's IP address in Voice over IP
  • Indirect least squares, a statistical technique
  • Integrated Logistics Support
  • Integrated Library System
  • International Libertarian Solidarity, an anarchist organisation
  • International Lyrics Server
  • Ils, electronic music producer and DJ
  • Institute for Laser Science, department of the University of Electro Communications, Japan
  • ILS, a law school in Pune, India
  • Israeli new sheqel, the currency of Israel
  • Ils, a French horror film

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "ILS". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: ILS

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
ILS34   ILS34
ILS Law College7   Ils (producer)6
ILS Presents: Y4K6   ILS Law College7
Ils (producer)6   Ils ont changé ma chanson (album)5
Ils Se Marièrent et Eurent Beaucoup d'Enfants5   ILS Presents: Y4K6
Ils ont changé ma chanson (album)5   Ils Se Marièrent et Eurent Beaucoup d'Enfants5
Ils Sont Tombés (Charles Aznavour Song)3   Ils Sont Tombés (Charles Aznavour Song)3

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

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