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noun
an airport facility that supervises the movement of aircraft and ground vehicles on ramps and taxiways.
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Origin of ground control
First recorded in 1930–35
OTHER WORDS FROM ground control
ground controller, nounWords nearby ground control
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British Dictionary definitions for ground control
ground control
noun
the personnel, radar, computers, etc, on the ground that monitor the progress of aircraft or spacecraft
a system for feeding continuous radio messages to an aircraft pilot to enable him to make a blind landing
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