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on instruments

on instruments prepositional phrase: (Flying) by reference to one's flight instruments, rather than by visual contact with the ground.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Flying) by reference to one's flight instruments, rather than by visual contact with the ground.
    • We were on instruments for the descent through the clouds.

Questions about on instruments

What does on instruments mean?
On instruments means (Flying) by reference to one's flight instruments, rather than by visual contact with the ground.
What part of speech is on instruments?
On instruments is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on instruments in the dictionary

  1. on hold
  2. on horseback
  3. on ice
  4. on impulse
  5. on in years
  6. on instruments
  7. on it
  8. on it like a car bonnet
  9. on its merits
  10. on its way out
  11. on Jah

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