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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

middle marker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
mid-dle -mark-er
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of marker beacon placed to indicate the missed approach point of a Category I ILS or IGS approach (typically the point at which the glideslope descends through 200 feet AGL), triggering a continuous visual and aural sequence of alternating Morse code dots and dashes from the marker beacon receiver in the cockpit of an aircraft flying over the marker.

Inflected Forms

middle markers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

fan marker inner marker outer marker

Synonyms

MM

Questions

What does middle marker mean?
A type of marker beacon placed to indicate the missed approach point of a Category I ILS or IGS approach (typically the point at which the glideslope descends through 200 feet AGL), triggering a continuous visual and aural sequence of alternating Morse code dots and dashes from the marker beacon receiver in the cockpit of an aircraft flying over the marker.

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