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beacon: any marker used for purposes of survey or demarcation; e.g. in conjunction with aerial survey it may be a temporary flag or even a tethered balloon; any structure to make a point observable from a distance for surveying or navigation
Category: The cosmos

beacon: Device for tracking consignments of drugs,etc.
Category: Management in the public and private sector

beacon: Erection on land,or in shallow waters,intended as a guide or warning to vessels navigating in sight of it.May be fitted with a light,or lights,or may emit a radio signal.Always carries some distinctive characteristics so that it may be identified.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

beacon: system of visual lights marking fixed feature on ground
Category: Transport

beacon: an assembly consisting of a light and its support and subsidiary structures,designed to give a light signal of a distinctive character to mark a geographical location,in order to assist navigation
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

beacon: Apparaat dat signalen zendt waardoor iets of iemand gelocaliseerd kan worden,
Category: General

beacon: To furnish or mark with sea-marks.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

beacon: bench marks realized in order to show a way,a track
Category: Labour

beacon: OSCAR I and II contained low-power -- that transmitted in the amateur two-metre (150-megahertz) band.....beacon transmitters on board spacecraft enable pinpoint tracking from earth stations
Category: News-systems and communications

beacon: fixed navigation mark,lighted or unlighted
Category: Transport

beaconage: A system of beacons.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

beaconed: denotes a runway provided with beacons
Category: Transport

radiobeacon: a station in the radionavigation service the emissions of which are intended to enable a mobile station to determine its bearing or direction in relation to the radiobeacon station
Category: News-systems and communications

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