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• beacon — Synonyms and related words: AM transmitter, FM transmitter, Klaxon, Mayday, RT transmitter, Roman candle, SOS, Texas tower, Very flare, aid to navigation, air raid alarm, airport beacon, airway beacon, alarm, alarm bell, alarm clock, alarm signal …   Moby Thesaurus

• Beacon — For other uses, see Beacon (disambiguation). A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. Beacons can also be combined with semaphoric or other indicators to provide important information,… …   Wikipedia

• Aerodrome beacon — An aerodrome beacon is a beacon installed at an airport or aerodrome to indicate its location to aircraft pilots at night.An aerodrome beacon is mounted on top of a towering structure, often a control tower, above other buildings of the airport.… …   Wikipedia

• Strobe beacon — A strobe beacon is a flashing electric lamp used in a variety of industries as an attention getting device, either to warn of possible hazards, or to attract potential customers. Strobe beacons are similar to rotating beacons, but are more energy …   Wikipedia

• Belisha beacon — A Belisha beacon is a flashing orange globe atop a tall black and white pole. They appear on either side of the road at zebra crossings in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in the former British crown colonies of Singapore and Hong Kong. They are… …   Wikipedia

• aeronautical light beacon — An international visual navigational aid displaying flashes of white and/or colored light to indicate the location of an airport, a heliport, a landmark, a certain point on the federal airway in mountainous terrain, or an obstruction. The lights… …   Aviation dictionary

• Weather beacon — Weatherball redirects here. For the antenna protecting structure, see Radome. Sydney …   Wikipedia

• aerodrome beacon — An aeronautical beacon used to aid in locating the aerodrome from the air (ICAO). It displays flashes of white and/or colored light. These flashes indicate the location of an airport, a heliport, a landmark, a certain point of an airway in… …   Aviation dictionary

• Marker beacon — A marker beacon is a particular type of VHF radio beacon used in aviation, usually in conjunction with an instrument landing system (ILS), to give pilots a means to determine position along an established route to a destination such as a runway.… …   Wikipedia

• Belisha beacon — n (in Britain) a black and white post with an orange flashing light on top, marking a zebra crossing (= a place in a street where people may walk across the road). Belisha beacons are named after Leslie Hore Belisha, the Minister of Transport… …   Universalium

• Belisha beacon — noun A tall black and white pole topped by flashing orange globe, placed on either side of the road at zebra crossings; mostly now replaced by more sophisticated arrangements …   Wiktionary