glide path

collocation in English

meaningsofglideandpath

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glide
noun[C]
a long, easy, smooth movement across a surface that makes ...
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path
noun[C]
uk
/pɑːθ/us
/pæθ/
a route or track between one place and another, or the direction in which something ...
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(Definition ofglideandpathfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofglide path

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Theglidepathserving this runway is 3 degrees.
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I wonder also whether we could not encourage a steeperglidepath.
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Very few complaints are received about pollution under theglidepathalleged to be caused by aircraft.
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Similar difficulties are raised by the problem of buildings close to airfields though not necessarily in theglidepath.
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Various radio, radar and visual aids are provided at the airport to help pilots to follow the prescribedglidepath.
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Out of 860 approaches which have been checked, only 13 were below the correctglidepath.
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I am not at present proposing to lower theglidepathbelow its present angle of three degrees.
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The northern runwayglidepathlies only a few hundred yards south of where we are sitting this morning.
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I want now to return to the question of theglidepath.
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Will it be possible to tilt theglidepath, and thus aircraft, at a higher level?
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I had intended to descend to theglidepathabout two seconds after you intervened.
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