glideslope (English, noun)
expansion: glideslope (plural glideslopes)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The portion of an instrument landing system which provides vertical guidance to an aircraft during an approach to landing.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The portion of an instrument landing system which provides vertical guidance to an aircraft during an approach to landing.
The vertical descent profile produced by the ILS glideslope transmitters.
tags: broadly
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The approach path of an aircraft as it comes in to land.
Forms:
form: glideslopes
tags: plural