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  2. Aviation obstruction lighting - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft warning lights at the Mannheim telecommunications tower, in the background the bright torchlight of a steam cracker, in the distance warning lights from wind turbines Structure using a white strobe Structure using a Red/White Strobe Closeup of an aircraft warning light on top of a highrise in Changzhou, China Closeup of an aircraft warning light on top a factory facilities Structure ...

  3. List of CB slang - Wikipedia

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    Aircraft carrier Tractor/trailer carrying a disassembled aircraft, helicopter or a small plane. Angry kangaroo A truck with one (or both) of its headlights out. Big truck Generally, a truck able to pull a semi-trailer, usually with the trailer and not a bob-tail. It can mean any vehicle Class 7 or heavier. Blinkin winkin/Kiddie car School bus ...

  4. Emergency vehicle lighting - Wikipedia

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    The worst effects for disability glare occurred with amber beacons, strobe beacons, and especially bright lights. [6] Phototaxis - This is the so-called ‘moth-to-flame’ effect, where the hypothesis runs that some drivers may be so distracted by the beacons that they are ‘drawn’ to them.

  5. Strobe light - Wikipedia

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    A strobe beacon is a flashing electric lamp used in a variety of industries as an attention-getting device, either to warn of possible hazards, or to attract potential customers. Strobe beacons are similar to rotating beacons, but are more energy efficient, and with no moving parts, are more reliable and less likely to break. Gas strobe beacons ...

  6. Aerodrome beacon - Wikipedia

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    An aerodrome beacon, airport beacon, rotating beacon or aeronautical beacon is a beacon installed at an airport or aerodrome to indicate its location to aircraft pilots at night. An aerodrome beacon is mounted on top of a towering structure, often a control tower , above other buildings of the airport.

  7. Automotive lighting - Wikipedia

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    Light bar on a British police car. Emergency vehicles such as fire engines, ambulances, police cars, snow-removal vehicles and tow trucks are usually equipped with intense warning lights of particular colours. These may be motorised rotating beacons, xenon strobes, or arrays of LEDs. [139]

  8. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    closed car having two or (usu.) four doors, a front and rear seat and a separate boot/trunk (US: sedan) (saloon bar) posh bar within a pub or hotel passengers' lounge on a liner or luxury train (US approx.: parlor car) officers' dining room on a merchant ship bar, especially in the American Old West. bar that serves only spirits and no food

  9. Beacon - Wikipedia

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    Beacon positions on police car Vehicular beacons are rotating or flashing lights affixed to the top of a vehicle to attract the attention of surrounding vehicles and pedestrians. Emergency vehicles such as fire engines, ambulances, police cars, tow trucks, construction vehicles, and snow-removal vehicles carry beacon lights.