flight indicator

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   a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope; it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot

   Synonymsartificial horizongyro horizon

   Broadernavigational instrument

Questions about flight indicator

What does flight indicator mean?

flight indicator means "a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope; it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot".

What is another word for flight indicator?

Close synonyms include artificial horizon, gyro horizon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flight indicator a common word?

flight indicator is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.