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landfall 1. the act of sighting or nearing land, esp from the sea 2. the land sighted or neared landfall [′lan‚fȯl] (navigation) The first sighting of land when approaching from seaward; by extension, the term is sometimes used to refer to the first contact with land by any means, as by radar. A navigational procedure in which an aircraft, after a relatively long overwater flight, turns on to a line of position passing through its destination and follows the line to the destination. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Departure is not the ship's going away from her port any more than the Landfall can be looked upon as the synonym of arrival. Fifteen of the boys were to be landed at Su'u and with wild gesticulations and cries they began to recognize and point out the infinitesimal details of the landfall of the only spot they had known on earth prior to the day, three years before, when they had been sold into slavery by their fathers, uncles, and chiefs. He had watched hour after hour since first New York had risen out of the blue indistinctness of the landfall. |
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