air-to-ground


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air-to-ground

(âr′tə-ground′)
adj.
1. Of or relating to attacks by aircraft on ground targets: air-to-ground missiles.
2. Of or relating to communication with ground-based networks from an aircraft.
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air-to-ground

adj
(Military) operating between an aircraft in flight and a target on the ground
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Adj.1.air-to-ground - operating from or designed to be fired from aircraft at targets on the groundair-to-ground - operating from or designed to be fired from aircraft at targets on the ground; "air-to-surface missiles"
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Translations

air-to-ground

[ˌɛətəˈgraʊnd] ADJ [missile] → aire-tierra, aire-superficie
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

air-to-ground

[ˈɛətəˈgraʊnd] air-to-surface [ˈɛətəˈsɜːfɪs] adj (Mil) → aria-terra inv
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