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holding pattern
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holding pattern
n.
1. A usually circular pattern flown by aircraft awaiting clearance to land at an airport.
2. Informal A state of waiting or delay; a static situation: environmental groups that wish to put oil exploration into a holding pattern.
holding pattern
n
(Engineering / Aeronautics) the oval or circular path of an aircraft flying around an airport awaiting permission to land
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Noun1.holding pattern - a state of inaction with no progress and no change; "you should go into a holding pattern until he gets over his disappointment"
inaction, inactiveness, inactivity - the state of being inactive
2.holding pattern - the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land
air lane, skyway, airway, flight path - a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
Translations
holding pattern n (Aer) → circuito di attesa
holding pattern n (Aer) → circuito di attesa


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