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victor airway

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
vic-tor air-way
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a set of low-altitude airways defined as line segments, each based on a straight line between either two VOR (VHF omnidirectional range) stations, or a VOR and a VOR intersection.

Canadian usage; American usage

Etymology

From Victor (“the letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet”), short for VOR (“VHF omnidirectional range”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Victor airways (plural)

Questions

What does victor airway mean?
Any of a set of low-altitude airways defined as line segments, each based on a straight line between either two VOR (VHF omnidirectional range) stations, or a VOR and a VOR intersection.
Where does victor airway come from?
From Victor (“the letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet”), short for VOR (“VHF omnidirectional range”).

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