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Sichtkontakt

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German

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Etymology

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Sicht (sight) +‎ Kontakt (contact)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈzɪçtkɔnˌtakt]
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  • Hyphenation: Sicht‧kon‧takt

Noun

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Sichtkontakt m (strong, genitive Sichtkontaktes or Sichtkontakts, plural Sichtkontakte)

  1. visual contact, intervisibility
    • 2006, Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, Flight safety ruling:
      Die Möglichkeit, die Situation und die Geschehnisse an Bord eines solchen Luftfahrzeugs zu erkennen, sei deshalb selbst bei – zudem oft nur schwer herstellbarem – Sichtkontakt eingeschränkt.
      The chance of perceiving the situation and events on board of such an aircraft would therefore be limited even with visual contact – which, in addition, can often only be made with difficulties.

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