distancemètre Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
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| Language pair: | French to English |
| Definition / notes: | dispositif de mesure de distance, ιquipement mesureur de distance Equipment for measuring distance, usually from an aircraft to a ground station; usually part of a Tactical Air Navigation system Definition from GDT: Dιfinition : Electronic navigation equipment which measures the time required for a signal to travel from the airplane to a ground station and return to the airplane; this time is translated into nautical miles to the station. An airborne secondary radar equipment which when used in conjonction with a ground transponder beacon indicates its distance from the beacon. |
| URL: | http://g.oswego.edu/dl/acs/glossary/section3_1.html |
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