loran

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5
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7
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5

Definition of loran

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of long-range navigation.
    “During movement, LORAN was used only to augment and verify the accuracy of the GPS. Several companies that had specific missions at march objectives, though, used LORANs without GPS verification.”
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noun

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Acronym of long-range navigation.
    “During movement, LORAN was used only to augment and verify the accuracy of the GPS. Several companies that had specific missions at march objectives, though, used LORANs without GPS verification.”
  2. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of LORAN.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

Two main origins: * A variant of the Irish surname Loughran. * Borrowed from Catalan Lorán, a surname popular in Venezuela.

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