NDB

English

Noun

NDB (plural NDBs)

1. (aviation) Initialism of non-directional beacon, a type of radiobeacon used in air navigation which transmits an omnidirectional radio signal containing no encoded information about the direction from an aircraft to the beacon.
2. (military, nautical) Initialism of nuclear depth bomb.

Hypernyms

(navigational beacon):

• navaid

(nuclear weapon):

• depth charge

Hyponyms

(navigational beacon):

• LOM

Coordinate terms

(navigational beacon):

• DME
• glideslope
• IGS
• ILS
• localizer, localiser
• marker beacon
  • fan marker, FM
  • inner marker, IM
  • middle marker, MM
  • outer marker, OM
• MLS
• TACAN
• VOR
• VORTAC

Anagrams

• BDN, BND, DBN, DNB, Dnb., NBD