LORAN – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
loran
n.
long-range navigational device which uses radio waves
LORAN
LORAN, short for
long range navigation, was a
hyperbolic radio navigation system developed in the
United States during
World War II. It was similar to the UK's
Gee system but operated at lower frequencies in order to provide improved range up to with accuracy of tens of miles. It was first used for ship convoys crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and then by long-range patrol aircraft, but found its main use on the ships and aircraft operating in the Pacific theatre.
Loran
Loran may refer to:
- LORAN, a WWII radio-based navigation system, also known as Loran-A
- Loran-C, an improved navigation system that replaced the original LORAN
- Loran (cassette), a brand of blank audio cassette made of Lexan plastic
- Loran (death knight), a fictional character in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
- Loran, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
- Loran Award, an undergraduate scholarship in Canada
- Loran L. Lewis (1825–1916), New York judge and politician
- Loran Cehack, the fictional protagonist in the anime series Turn A Gundam
- First Maje Loran, the leader of the Kazon-Hobii from Star Trek: Voyager
Loran (der)
nm.
loran, navigational device which uses radio waves
LORAN (long range aid to navigation-aide à la navigation à grande distance)
loran, long-range navigational device which uses radio waves
loran
Acronym for long-range radio navigation . A long-range radio navigation position-fixing
system consisting of an
array of fixed stations that transmit precisely synchronized signals to mobile receivers.
Note: A loran receiver measures differences in the times of arrival of the signals from the various stations. A fixed difference in the
time of arrival of the signals from any two stations will define a hyperbolic arc on which the receiver must lie. Three or more stations are needed to remove ambiguities in the position of the receiver.
Synonyms long-range aid to navigation system, long-range radio aid to navigation system.
