Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emergency position indicating radio beacon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: emer-gen-cy -po-si-tion indi-cat-ing ra-dio bea-con
IPA

57

Scrabble Score

38

Letters

10

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An emergency location radio beacon, used on ships.

Example Sentences

"The captain did a safety drill. This covered where the emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was located, how to make a mayday call, and where the fire extinguishers were. A crew member demonstrated how to put on an immersion suit. These survival suits are waterproof full-body garments with a hood and integral three-finger gloves and boots. They are bulky and hard to get on but far more likely to save your life in cold water than a lifejacket."

Inflected Forms

emergency position indicating radio beacons (plural) emergency position indicating radiobeacon (alternative) emergency position indicating radio-beacon (alternative)

Phrases

emergency locator transmitter personal locator beacon

Frequently Paired Words

emergency locator transmitter personal locator beacon E911

Synonyms

EPIRB

Questions

What does emergency position indicating radio beacon mean?: An emergency location radio beacon, used on ships.

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