flight line

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [flahyt lahyn]
- /flaɪt laɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [flahyt lahyn]
- /flaɪt laɪn/

Definitions of flight line words

noun flight line an area for the servicing and maintenance of airplanes that includes parking ramps and hangars. 1
noun flight line an area of an airfield or airport on which aircraft, esp military aircraft, are parked and serviced 0
noun flight line the portion of an airfield where planes are parked and serviced 0
noun flight line (aviation) The precise movement of a civil photogrammetric aircraft along a predetermined course at a predetermined altitude during the actual photographic run. 0

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Origin of flight line

First appearance:

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45

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Parts of speech for Flight line

noun

adjective

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adverb

pronoun

preposition

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determiner

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Full grammatical hierarchy of Flight line

flight line popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

flight line usage trend in Literature

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