Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cone of confusion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: cone of -con-fu-sion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A region directly above a VOR navigation station where the aircraft's navigation receiver experiences signal ambiguity.

noun

An area near a magnetic pole where compass readings become unreliable due to the Earth's magnetic field lines converging vertically.

noun

A cone-shaped region originating midway between an organism's two ears, and radiating outwards, where a sound's location is indeterminate.

Inflected Forms

cones of confusion (plural)

Questions

What does cone of confusion mean?: A region directly above a VOR navigation station where the aircraft's navigation receiver experiences signal ambiguity.

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