landing

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: landing

1	n	the act of coming to land after a voyage
2	n	an intermediate platform in a staircase

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: landing

Types:: amphibious landing
a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion; debarkation, disembarkation, disembarkment
the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft; going ashore
debarkation from a boat or ship

“the plane made a smooth landing”

“his landing on his feet was catlike”

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; touchdown
a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes; aircraft landing, airplane landing
landing an aircraft; splashdown
a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight; emergency landing, forced landing
an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control; GCA, ground-controlled approach
aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar; three-point landing
a landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time; instrument landing
an aircraft landing made entirely by means of instruments

Types:: dock, dockage, docking facility
landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; dry dock, drydock, graving dock
a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline; marina
a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers

Type of:: construction, structure
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

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