shoran

shoran
/shawr"an, shohr"-/, n.
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
[1930-35; sho(rt) ra(nge) n(avigation)]

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