traffic pattern
the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport - the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded - they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted • Syn: approach pattern, pattern • Derivationally related forms: pattern (for: pattern) • Hypernyms: path, route, itinerary • Part Meronyms: approach path, approach, glide path, glide slope
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