control tower
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control tower
noun control towers
- An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport. As he taxied out to the far side of the field, 38-year-old Captain Benton R. ("Lucky") Baldwin was cleared for takeoff. The control tower gave him his choice of two runways—No. 13 or No. 18.
- An enclosed, raised structure occupied by one or more persons who operate or exercise control over railway traffic, ship movement, a racetrack, machinery, etc. Ned Newton stood beside Tom in the control tower of the great tank as she started on her homeward way.
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noun airport control tower
| Español | torre de control |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 관제탑 gwanjetap |
| 日本語 | 管制塔 kanseitō |
| 中文 | 塔臺 /塔台 tǎtái, 指揮塔 /指挥塔 zhǐhuītǎ, 調度台 diàodùtái, 控制塔 kòngzhìtǎ |
| हिन्दी | नियंत्रण टॉवर niyantraṇ ṭŏvar |
| Português | torre de controle, torre de controlo |
| Français | tour de contrôle |
| Deutsch | Kontrollturm, Tower |
| Italiano | torre di controllo |
| Ελληνικά | πύργος ελέγχου pýrgos elénchou |
| Română | turn de control |
| Русский | кома́ндно-диспе́тчерский пу́нкт komándno-dispétčerskij púnkt |
| العربية | بُرْج مُرَاقَبَة burj murāqaba |
| עברית | מגדל פיקוח migdal fiquh |
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