LORAN

See also: Loran

English

Alternative forms

• Loran

Noun

LORAN (countable and uncountable, plural LORANs)

1. Acronym of long-range navigation.

   Hyponyms: LORAN-A, LORAN-C

   • 1991, Infantry (volume 81, page 38)

     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.

Anagrams

• Arlon, Lorna, Rolan