air traffic control
noun [U] (abbreviation ATC) TRANSPORTDefinition
› the activity of managing aircraft from the ground as they take off, fly, and land, or the people who do this: an air traffic control centre/service/system
air traffic controller noun [C] (Definition of air traffic control noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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