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Mode S

Mode S proper noun: a Secondary surveillance radar process allowing a selective interrogation of an aircraft according to a unique 24-bit address assigned to each.

Proper noun

Mode S

  1. (navigation, radar) A Secondary surveillance radar process allowing a selective interrogation of an aircraft according to a unique 24-bit address assigned to each.

Questions about Mode S

What does Mode S mean?
Mode S means a Secondary surveillance radar process allowing a selective interrogation of an aircraft according to a unique 24-bit address assigned to each.
What part of speech is Mode S?
Mode S is a proper noun.

Words near Mode S in the dictionary

  1. mode locking
  2. mode of discourse
  3. mode of production
  4. mode of thought
  5. mode of transport
  6. Mode S
  7. Mode X
  8. mode-locked
  9. moded
  10. Modekngei
  11. model

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