'Loran' definitions:
Definition of 'Loran'
From: GCIDE
- Loran \Lor"an\ (l[^o]r"[a^]n or l[=o]r"[a^]n), n. [Acronym, from LOng RAnge Navigation] (Naut., aviation) A system of electronic navigation in which a vessel or aircraft determines its latitude and longitude by measuring the time differences between low frequency radio transmissions from two stationary transmitters (slaves) and a stationary master transmitter. Contrary to the name, Loran is a medium range system, usually effective for no more than a few hundred miles from shore. The first commercial system was called Loran A; the latest (and final) development is Loran C. [acronym] [RDH]
Synonyms of 'loran'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- astronavigation,
- automatic electronic navigation,
- celestial navigation,
- chronometer,
- coastwise navigation,
- compass,
- consolan,
- dead reckoning,
- direction finder,
- electronic navigation,
- fix,
- gyrocompass,
- gyroscopic compass,
- Gyrosin compass,
- gyrostatic compass,
- inertial navigation system,
- line of position,
- magnetic compass,
- magnetic needle,
- navar,
- navigation,
- needle,
- omnidirectional range,
- omnirange,
- pilotage,
- plane sailing,
- point-to-point navigation,
- radar,
- radio beacon,
- radio compass,
- radio direction finder,
- radio navigation,
- RDF,
- sextant,
- shoran,
- sofar,
- sonar,
- tables,
- tacan,
- teleran,
- VAR,
- visual-aural range