aircraft landing
- noun
- /ˈɛrˌkræft ˈlændɪŋ/
:
aterrizaje de aeronave
- After hours of turbulence, the pilots finally completed a smooth aircraft landing on the runway.
Examples
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There was also no aircraft landing or arriving...
Blog text (10) -
It was covered with a mixture of concrete and sawdust to provide traction for aircraft landing gears.
Fiction book (2001) -
Aircraft landing through wind shear or "downbursts" were a leading cause of fatalities in air travel from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s.
Academic text (2003) -
The aircraft landing was scheduled for 3 PM, and everyone was eagerly waiting at the airport.
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During the storm, many aircraft landings were delayed due to poor visibility and strong winds.
Synonyms
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2.3
Coming down to a surface from the air or sea
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2.5
A plane landing that happens because of a sudden problem like engine failure or bad weather
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4.1
The moment a plane's wheels touch the runway when it lands
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4.4
An emergency landing when a plane cannot land normally and is often damaged
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6.7
All three wheels of a plane touch the ground at the same time as it arrives on the runway
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6.2
To land a plane using only instruments when the pilot cannot see the runway
Bringing a plane safely down at the end of a flight
A way controllers use radar to guide pilots by radio to land in low visibility
A landing made when a plane has no engine power
How Smooth
- Specialized
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4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the act or process of bringing an aircraft to the ground' is directly and compositionally derived from 'aircraft' (a vehicle that can fly) + 'landing' (the act of descending onto a surface). This simple noun + noun combination follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Aircraft landing comes from a simple image: an aircraft (a flying machine) coming down to the ground and touching it. So landing means the act of 'bringing to the ground safely', which is why the phrase describes the process of a plane returning to the ground.