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approach light

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noun Aeronautics.
one of a series of lights installed along the projected centerline of an airport runway to assist a pilot in aligning the aircraft during the approach to landing at night.
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Origin of approach light

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby approach light

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How to use approach light in a sentence

  • They form an approach light, elegant, and so lofty that you cannot touch with the hand the stairs above your head.

    Recollections of the late William Beckford|Henry Venn Lansdown

  • An inter-system Empire is hard to maintain, even with ships that approach light speed.

    The Variable Man|Philip K. Dick
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