one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "print…
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Approach pattern
the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted"
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