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Definition of Landing
1. Noun. An intermediate platform in a staircase.
2. Noun. Structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods.
Specialized synonyms: Dock, Dockage, Docking Facility
Terms within: Landing Stage
Generic synonyms: Construction, Structure
Group relationships: Harbor, Harbour, Haven, Seaport
3. Noun. The act of coming down to the earth (or other surface). "His landing on his feet was catlike"
Terms within: Landing Approach
Specialized synonyms: Touchdown, Aircraft Landing, Airplane Landing, Splashdown
Derivative terms: Land, Land
4. Noun. The act of coming to land after a voyage.
Specialized synonyms: Amphibious Landing, Debarkation, Disembarkation, Disembarkment
Derivative terms: Land, Land
Definition of Landing
1. a. Of, pertaining to, or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.
2. n. A going or bringing on shore.
Definition of Landing
1. Noun. corridor ¹
2. Noun. coming to earth, as of an airplane or any descending object ¹
3. Noun. an in-between platform or large bottom-most or top-most step of a staircase ¹
4. Noun. a place on a shoreline where a boat lands ¹
5. Verb. (present participle of land) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Landing
1. a place for discharging or taking on passengers or cargo [n -S]
Medical Definition of Landing
1. Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore. Landing charges, charges or fees paid on goods unloaded from a vessel. Landing net, a small, bag-shaped net, used in fishing to take the fish from the water after being hooked. Landing stage, a floating platform attached at one end to a wharf in such a manner as to rise and fall with the tide, and thus facilitate passage between the wharf and a vessel lying beside the stage. Landing waiter, a customhouse officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc, from vessels; a landwaiter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)