teleran

teleran
/tel"euh ran'/, n. (sometimes cap.)
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
[1945-50; short for Tele(vision) R(adar) A(ir) N(avigation)]

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