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An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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An enclosed, raised structure occupied by one or more persons who operate or exercise control over railway traffic, ship movement, a racetrack, machinery, etc.
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a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tower
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Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
بُرْج مُرَاقَبَة
(burj murāqaba)
— airport control tower
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Armenian:
վերահսկողության աշտարակ
(verahskoġutʻyan aštarak)
— airport control tower
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Bulgarian:
контролна кула
(kontrolna kula)
— airport control tower
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Catalan:
torre de control
— airport control tower
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Chinese Mandarin:
塔臺 /塔台
(tǎtái)
— airport control tower
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Chinese Mandarin:
指揮塔 /指挥塔
(zhǐhuītǎ)
— airport control tower
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Chinese Mandarin:
調度台
(diàodùtái)
— airport control tower
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Chinese Mandarin:
控制塔
(kòngzhìtǎ)
— airport control tower
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Czech:
řídicí věž
— airport control tower
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Danish:
kontroltårn
— airport control tower
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Dutch:
verkeerstoren
— airport control tower
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Dutch:
controletoren
— airport control tower
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Estonian:
lennujuhtimistorn
— airport control tower
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Finnish:
lennonjohtotorni
— airport control tower
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French:
tour de contrôle
— airport control tower
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Galician:
torre de control
— airport control tower
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Georgian:
აეროდრომული სადისპეჩერო პუნქტი
(aerodromuli sadisṗečero ṗunkṭi)
— airport control tower
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German:
Kontrollturm
— airport control tower
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German:
Tower
— airport control tower
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Greek:
πύργος ελέγχου
(pýrgos elénchou)
— airport control tower
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Hebrew:
מגדל פיקוח
(migdal fiquh)
— airport control tower
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Hindi:
नियंत्रण टॉवर
(niyantraṇ ṭŏvar)
— airport control tower
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Hungarian:
irányítótorony
— airport control tower
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Icelandic:
flugturn
— airport control tower
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Indonesian:
menara pengawas
— airport control tower
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Irish:
túr rialaithe
— airport control tower
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Irish:
túr rialúcháin
— airport control tower
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Italian:
torre di controllo
— airport control tower
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Japanese:
管制塔
(kanseitō)
— airport control tower
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Korean:
관제탑
(gwanjetap)
— airport control tower
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Latvian:
vadības tornis
— airport control tower
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Lithuanian:
kontrolės bokštas
— airport control tower
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Malay:
menara kawalan
— airport control tower
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kontrolltårn
— airport control tower
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kontrolltårn
— airport control tower
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Persian:
برج مراقبت
— airport control tower
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Polish:
wieża kontroli lotów
— airport control tower
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Portuguese:
torre de controle
— airport control tower
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Portuguese:
torre de controlo
— airport control tower
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Romanian:
turn de control
— airport control tower
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Russian:
кома́ндно-диспе́тчерский пу́нкт
(komándno-dispétčerskij púnkt)
— airport control tower
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Serbo-Croatian:
контролни торањ
— airport control tower
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Serbo-Croatian:
kontrolni toranj
— airport control tower
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Slovak:
riadiaca veža
— airport control tower
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Slovene:
nadzorni stolp
— airport control tower
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Spanish:
torre de control
— airport control tower
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Swedish:
kontrolltorn
— airport control tower
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Thai:
หอควบคุมการบิน
(hɔ̌ɔ-kûuap-kum-gaan-bin)
— airport control tower
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Thai:
หอควบคุม
(hɔ̌ɔ-kûuap-kum)
— airport control tower
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Turkish:
kontrol kulesi
— airport control tower
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Ukrainian:
кома́ндно-диспе́тчерський пу́нкт
(komándno-dyspétčersʹkyj púnkt)
— airport control tower
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Urdu:
نگراں مینار
(nigarā̃-mīnār)
— airport control tower
