| HONEYWELL |
| LCD |  Liquid Crystal Display
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| LED | Light-Emitting Diode
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| LEO | Low Earth Orbit
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| LIDAR | Light Detection and Ranging
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| LIP | Limited Installation Program (e.g. TCAS)
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| LLWAS | Low-Level Wind Shear Alert System
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| LNAV | Lateral Navigation
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| LOC | Localizer: part of Instrument Landing System
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| LORAN | Long-Range Navigation: electronic pulse system for oceanic navigation
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| Loran-C | a hyperbolic grid navigation system
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| LRM | Line-Replaceable Module
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| LRU | Line-Replaceable Unit
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| LSAS | Longitudinal Stability Augmentation System (MD-11)
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| LSI | Large Scale Integration
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| LSRRTI | Leningrad Scientific Research Radio Technical Institute: Soviet agency
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| LSS | Lightning Sensor System*
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| HONEYWELL |
| LAAS | Local Area Augmentation System
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| LDA | Localizer-type Directional Aid
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| LIU | Local Area Network Interface Unit
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| LLWAS | Low Level Wind Shear Analysis System
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| LNAV | Lateral Navigation
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| LOC | Localizer
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| AVIONICS GLOSSARY |
| Lateral | Related to latitude, across an aircraft left to right
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| Latitude | Position on earth, north or south of the equator, See Also: astronomical latitude, geocentric latitude, geodetic latitude, Symbols: Phi, Typical Units: rad, deg,
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| Leg | A segment of a flight plan, flight path between two waypoints
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| Lift | Force, created primarily by wings (fixed wing) or by rotors (rotary wing), acting in opposite direction of gravity vector, Symbols: Length, Typical Units: lbf,kip, Dimensions: Mass * Length / Time-squared,
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| Limiter | A filter that passes the input to the output, except that the output is limited to a minimum value and a maximum value, Compare: rate limiter,
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| LOC | Localizer
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| Longitude | Position on earth, east or west of the prime meridian, Symbols: lambda, Typical Units: rad, deg,
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| Longitudinal | Related to longitude, lengthwise along the center line of an aircraft forward
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| LPF | Low-pass filter
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| GLOSSARTIST AVIATION GLOSSARY |
| Lateral. | Related to latitude across an aircraft left to right
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| Latitude. | Position on earth, north or south of the equator See Also: astronomical latitude, geocentric latitude, geodetic latitude Symbols: Phi Typical Units: rad, deg
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| Leg. | A segment of a flight plan flight path between two waypoints
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| Lift. | Force, created primarily by wings (fixed wing) or by rotors (rotary wing), acting in opposite direction of gravity vector Symbols: Length Typical Units: lbf,kip Dimensions: Mass * Length / Time-squared
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| Limiter. | A filter that passes the input to the output, except that the output is limited to a minimum value and a maximum value Compare: rate limiter
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| LOC. | Localizer
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| Longitude. | Position on earth, east or west of the prime meridian Symbols: lambda Typical Units: rad, deg
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| Longitudinal. | Related to longitude lengthwise along the center line of an aircraft forward
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| LPF. | Low-pass filter
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| APS AERO CHART |
| L | Compass locator, also, Enroute Low Altitude Chart (followed by identification), also, Left (Runway designation)
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| LA | Laos (landlocked Indochina nation bordered by China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar)
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| LA | Louisiana (ConUS south central state)
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| LAAS | Low Altitude Alert System
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| lat | latitude
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| latrl | lateral
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| lb | pound (weight)
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| lcl | local
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| LCN | load classification number
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| LCP | French Peripheral Classification Line
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