listening watch
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[edit]Noun
[edit]listening watch (plural listening watches)
- (military, aviation) Continuous monitoring for incoming communications.
- 1950, Neville Shute, The Legacy (UK title: A Town Like Alice), New York: William Morrow & Co., Chapter 10, p. 278,[1]
- “ […] It’s okay here if you want to close down your listening watch for tonight, Jackie. I’d like to have a listening watch in daylight hours tomorrow, from seven o’clock on. Is this Roger? Over.”
- 1950, Neville Shute, The Legacy (UK title: A Town Like Alice), New York: William Morrow & Co., Chapter 10, p. 278,[1]
Translations
[edit]continuous monitoring
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