LORAN
Speech parts
1. LORAN - Noun
2. LORAN - Proper noun
Meaning
LORAN (uncountable)
Acronym of long-range navigation.
Hyponyms: LORAN-A, LORAN-C
Loran (plural Lorans)
A surname.
Loran (uncountable)
Alternative letter-case form of LORAN.
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Examples
A combined GPS/LORAN receiver is used, and if a GPS fix is not available it automatically switches over to LORAN.
Although MUTNS was unrelated to the Loran systems, it was sometimes referred to as Loran-F.
COMDTPUB P16562.6, "LORAN-C Users Handbook", 1992 LORAN Data Channel (LDC) LORAN Data Channel (LDC) is a project underway between the FAA and USCG to send low bit rate data using the LORAN system.
As of November 2005, test messages using LDC were being broadcast from several U.S. LORAN stations.
Both the LORAN transmitter and the meteorological station are located a few kilometres away from the settlement Olonkinbyen (Olonkin City), where all personnel live.
Accuracy was found to be convert at convert, a significant advance over LORAN.