landing
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English
Etymology
By surface analysis, land + -ing.
Pronunciation
Noun
landing (plural landings)
- An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
- Antonym: takeoff
- A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
- Hyponym: fleet landing
- A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
- Hyponym: half-landing
- 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 84:
- She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top.
- (in the plural) The amount of fish caught, as in a specific area or on a particular expedition.
- 1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 132:
- The huge quantity of landings was periodically causing fish prices to crash, creating unprecedented havoc in the marketplace.
Usage notes
When referring to an arrival at a surface by an aircraft or other normally-controllable object, landing is generally reserved for cases in which the object is actually under (at least partial) control; an uncontrolled arrival at the surface by such an object is usually referred to as a crash or impact. In contrast, for uncontrollable objects (such as a meteoroid or artillery shell), landing is generally used (although impact is also usable).
Derived terms
- airlanding
- balked landing
- belly landing
- bicycle landing gear
- black landing
- Bradbury Landing
- Chinese landing
- crash landing
- crash-landing
- Crows Landing
- deadstick landing
- Dease Lake Landing
- Dease Landing
- emergency landing
- entry-descent-landing
- Fields Landing
- forced landing
- full-stop landing
- gear-up landing
- greased landing
- half-landing
- happy landing
- happy landings
- hard landing
- instrument landing system
- Knights Landing
- landing corridor
- landing craft
- landing craft tank
- landing field
- landing gear
- landing net
- landing pad
- landing page
- landing party
- landing place
- landing roll
- landing ship
- landing stage
- landing strip
- landing vehicle tracked
- landing waiter
- landing zone
- Mays Landing
- moon landing
- Moss Landing
- optical landing system
- pancake landing
- soft landing
- stick the landing
- superhero landing
- tandem landing gear
- three-point landing
- touch-and-go landing
- water landing
Translations
a coming to a surface, as of an airplane
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a platform at the top of a flight of stairs
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a place on a shoreline where a boat lands
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Verb
landing
- present participle and gerund of land
Anagrams
Banggai
Pronunciation
Noun
landing
- helmeted myna (Basilornis galeatus)
Further reading
Cebuano
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
lánding (Badlit spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜅ᜔)
- (aviation) to land; to descend to a surface, especially from the air to touch down
- 2014 — Pareja, Gerard, Children of Icarus (26 July), Salins Hulbot, Opinion, Cebu Daily News
- Inubanan sa iyang amahan nga si Babar, mo lupad silag 26,500 miles, mo landing[sic] og 25 ka higayon sa mga 15 ka nasud.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2014 — Pareja, Gerard, Children of Icarus (26 July), Salins Hulbot, Opinion, Cebu Daily News
- to come to be in a condition or situation
- 2015 — KCS, Kaluha 'nahilo' sa binggala (10 August), SuperBalita Cagayan de Oro
- Nilanding sa balay tambalanan ning siyudad sa Cagayan de Oro ang kaluha human kini nahilo sa gikaong binggala niadtong Dominggo sa buntag sa Lumbo, Valencia, Bukidnon.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2015 — KCS, Kaluha 'nahilo' sa binggala (10 August), SuperBalita Cagayan de Oro
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
Derived from landen + -ing. Compare English landing and German Landung.
Pronunciation
Noun
landing f (plural landingen, diminutive landinkje n)
- landing, touchdown of an airplane or any other airborne object
- the act of disembarking a ship, particularly in military contexts
Derived terms
- landingsbaan
- landingsgestel
- maanlanding
- noodlanding
- tussenlanding
Maltese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
landing m (plural landings)
Conjugation
Related terms
Norman
Etymology
Noun
landing m (plural landings)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
landing f or m (definite singular landinga or landingen, indefinite plural landinger, definite plural landingene)
- a landing (e.g. by an aircraft)
Derived terms
References
- “landing” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
landing f (definite singular landinga, indefinite plural landingar, definite plural landingane)
- a landing (e.g. by an aircraft)
Derived terms
References
- “landing” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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