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EPIRB

EPIRB is the acronym of emergency position indicating radio beacon.

Meaning of emergency position indicating radio beacon

Noun

emergency position indicating radio beacon (plural emergency position indicating radio beacons)

  1. An emergency location radio beacon, used on ships.
    • The captain did a safety drill. This covered where the emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was located, how to make a mayday call, and where the fire extinguishers were. A crew member demonstrated how to put on an immersion suit. These survival suits are waterproof full-body garments...2025 October 21, Rose George, “‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    EPIRB

Forms of EPIRB

pluralEPIRBs

Questions about EPIRB

What is EPIRB the acronym of?
EPIRB is the acronym of emergency position indicating radio beacon.

Words near EPIRB in the dictionary

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  2. epipubis
  3. epipuncta
  4. epipyropid
  5. epipyropids
  6. EPIRB
  7. EPIRBs
  8. epiregulation
  9. epiregulin
  10. epirelief
  11. epiretinal

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