Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fan marker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables: fan -mark-er
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An obsolescent type of marker beacon, usually used to mark en route airways but occasionally used as part of a non-precision approach, which radiates in a pattern that is considerably wider, from the perspective of an aircraft approaching the marker along the airway, than it is long (allowing an aircraft to pick up the signal from the marker even if slightly to one side of the airway's centerline).

Inflected Forms

fan markers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

inner marker middle marker outer marker

Synonyms

FM

Questions

What does fan marker mean?: An obsolescent type of marker beacon, usually used to mark en route airways but occasionally used as part of a non-precision approach, which radiates in a pattern that is considerably wider, from the perspective of an aircraft approaching the marker along the airway, than it is long (allowing an aircraft to pick up the signal from the marker even if slightly to one side of the airway's centerline).

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