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Definition: Aerodrome |
AerodromeNoun1. An airfield equipped with control tower and hangers as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aerodrome" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1912. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Military | An area prepared for the accommodation (including any buildings, installations and equipment), landing and takeoff of aircraft. See also alternate aerodrome; alternative aerodrome; departure aerodrome; main aerodrome; redeployment aerodrome. (references) |
Transportation | A defined area on land or water(including any buildings, installations and equipment)intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and movement of aircraft ; any area in a Member State which is open for commercial air transport operations. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: AerodromeSynonyms: airdrome (n), airport (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ship | Balloon; airship, aeroplane; biplane, monoplane, triplane; hydroplane; aerodrome; air balloon, pilot balloon, fire balloon, dirigible, zeppelin; aerostat, Montgolfier; kite, parachute. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aerodrome |
| Specialty definitions using "aerodrome": aerodrome climatological table, aerodrome meteorological minima, aerodrome operating minima ♦ departure aerodrome ♦ estimated time of arrival ♦ flow control ♦ landing area ♦ maneuvering area, manoeuvring area, movement area ♦ obstacle clearance limit ♦ tandheugel, taxi channel, taxi track. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Aerodrome (1983) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Path of aerodrome flights, May 6 and November 28, 1896, near Quantico, Va., on the Potomac River.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | All aerodromes in Germany open to national public traffic shall be open for the aircraft of the Allied and Associated Powers, and in any such aerodrome such aircraft shall be treated on a footing of equality with German aircraft as regards charges of every description, including charges for landing and accommodation. (reference) |
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| "Aerodrome" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.25% of the time. "Aerodrome" is used about 134 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.25% | 133 | 27,614 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.75% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 134 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "aerodrome": aerodrome beacon ♦ aerodrome chart ♦ aerodrome circling ♦ aerodrome circuit ♦ aerodrome climatological summary ♦ aerodrome climatological table ♦ aerodrome control radio station ♦ aerodrome control reporting office ♦ aerodrome control service ♦ aerodrome control tower ♦ aerodrome damage repair ♦ aerodrome elevation ♦ aerodrome flight information service ♦ aerodrome forecast ♦ aerodrome identification sign ♦ aerodrome layout ♦ aerodrome master plan ♦ aerodrome meteorological minima ♦ aerodrome meteorological minimum ♦ aerodrome meteorological office ♦ aerodrome observation ♦ aerodrome obstruction chart ♦ aerodrome operating minima ♦ aerodrome operating minimum ♦ aerodrome reference point ♦ aerodrome reference temperature ♦ aerodrome report ♦ aerodrome taxi circuit ♦ aerodrome traffic ♦ aerodrome traffic circuit ♦ aerodrome traffic zone ♦ aerodrome warning ♦ alternate aerodrome ♦ alternative aerodrome ♦ controlled aerodrome ♦ departure aerodrome ♦ diversion aerodrome ♦ land aerodrome ♦ main aerodrome ♦ redeployment aerodrome ♦ regular aerodrome ♦ vor aerodrome checkpoint ♦ water aerodrome. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
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| Language | Translations for "aerodrome"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | vliegveld (airdrome, airfield), lughawe (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | aeroport (airdrome, airfield, airport), aerodrom (airdrome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مطار (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | аеродрум (airdrome, airfield), летище (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | letištì (air field, airdrome, airfield, airport, flying field). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lufthavn (airfield, airline terminus, airport), flyveplads (airfield, airport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vliegveld (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lentokenttä (airfield, airport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aérodrome. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | fleanfjild (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Flugplatz (airfield, airport), Flughafen (airdrome, airfield, airport, airports). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αεροδρόμιο (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | aeroport (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ש"" תעופ" (air field, drome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | reptér (airport, flying field). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | flugvöllur (airdrome, airfield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aerodromo (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | pairk aeragh, boayl etlee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | flyplass (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aerodromeay lotnisko (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) aeródromo (airdrome, airfield, landing strip), aeroporto (air stop, airfield, airport). (various references) aeroport (airdrome, airfield, airport), aerodrom (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) аэродром (airdrome, airfield, airport, landing field). (various references) aerodrom (airfield, airport). (various references) aeropuerto (airdrome, airfield, airport), aeródromo (air field, airdrome). (various references) flygplats (airdrome, airfield, airport), flygfält (airdrome, airfield, airport, field, landing field), aerodrom. (various references) lápagan ng eroplano (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) havalimanı (airdrome, airport, port), havaalanı (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) аеродром (air field, airdrome, nest). (various references) sân bay (airfield). (various references) awyrdrom. (various references) inkundla yezindiza (airdrome, airfield, airport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aerodrome": aerodromes. (additional references) | |
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"Aerodrome" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Airodrome, Autodromo. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "aerodrome" (pronounced e"rudrō'm) |
| 5 | -u d r ō' m | Hippodrome. |
| 4 | -d r ō' m | syndrome. |
| 3 | -r ō' m | monochrome, polychrome. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-m-o-o-r-r" | |
-2 letters: armored, dreamer, rearmed, redream. | |
-3 letters: adorer, dearer, dormer, emerod, marred, moored, oedema, radome, ramrod, reader, reamed, reamer, reared, redear, remade, remora, reread, roadeo, roamed, roamer, roared, roomed, roomer. | |
-4 letters: adeem, adore, ameer, ardor, armed, armer, armor, darer, derma, dream, drear, eared, edema, erode, erred, madre, merde, merer, mooed, morae, morro, oared, order, oread, ormer, ramee, rared, rearm, rodeo, romeo. | |
-5 letters: aero, dame, dare, dear, deem, deer, deme, demo, dere, derm, doer, dome, doom, door, dore, dorm, dorr, dram, dree, made, mare, mead, meed, mere, mode, mood, moor, mora, more, odea, odor, omer, orad, ordo, orra, rare, read, ream, rear, rede, redo, reed, road, roam, roar, rode, rood, room. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-m-o-o-r-r" | |
+1 letter: aerodromes. | |
+3 letters: adrenochrome, overenamored. | |
+4 letters: adrenochromes, overprogramed. | |
+5 letters: chordamesoderm, overglamorized, overornamented, overprogrammed, recommendatory. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 65 72 6F 64 72 6F 6D 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- . .-. --- -.. .-. --- -- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100101 01110010 01101111 01100100 01110010 01101111 01101101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A e r o d r o m e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0065 0072 006F 0064 0072 006F 006D 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357184817084817971 |
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