air-to-groundadj.

Brit.

/ˌɛːtᵿˈɡraʊnd/, U.S.

/ˌɛrtəˈɡraʊnd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, to prep., ground n.

Etymology: < air n.¹ + to prep. + ground n. Compare air-to-surface adj., ground-to-air adj. at ground n. Compounds 1d(f)(ii).

Designating any of various military operations or techniques directed at ground targets from the air; (also) designating such a target, or a missile used in such an operation.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > [adjective] > other types of operation

strongc1300

air–land1915

suicide1923

air-to-ground1935

triphibious1941

amphibious1943

black?1945

air-to-surface1954

search and destroy1964

1935 Times 21 Aug. 7/1 At Leuchars range (Fifeshire) there is a ternery near to the air-to-ground targets, and it has been found that the birds..become accustomed to the machine-gun fire and the noise of aircraft.

1942 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 10 June–1 Sept. 135 (caption) A..high-wing monoplane..has proved useful for reconnaissance and air-to-ground co-operation by the British.

1979 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 7 Jan. 46/5 Occasionally pilots do become disorientated and so a system called air-to-ground telemetry was introduced.

2001 Navy News Sept. 9/3 Four Firestreak infra-red, homing, air-to-air missiles (four Red Top IR missiles in FAW2), or 500lb bombs, or Bullup air-to-ground missiles, or a single nuclear bomb.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	air-to-ground
释义	air-to-groundadj. Brit. /ˌɛːtᵿˈɡraʊnd/, U.S. /ˌɛrtəˈɡraʊnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.¹, to prep., ground n. Etymology: < air n.¹ + to prep. + ground n. Compare air-to-surface adj., ground-to-air adj. at ground n. Compounds 1d(f)(ii). Designating any of various military operations or techniques directed at ground targets from the air; (also) designating such a target, or a missile used in such an operation. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [adjective] > other types of operation strongc1300 air–land1915 suicide1923 air-to-ground1935 triphibious1941 amphibious1943 black?1945 air-to-surface1954 search and destroy1964 1935 Times 21 Aug. 7/1 At Leuchars range (Fifeshire) there is a ternery near to the air-to-ground targets, and it has been found that the birds..become accustomed to the machine-gun fire and the noise of aircraft. 1942 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 10 June–1 Sept. 135 (caption) A..high-wing monoplane..has proved useful for reconnaissance and air-to-ground co-operation by the British. 1979 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 7 Jan. 46/5 Occasionally pilots do become disorientated and so a system called air-to-ground telemetry was introduced. 2001 Navy News Sept. 9/3 Four Firestreak infra-red, homing, air-to-air missiles (four Red Top IR missiles in FAW2), or 500lb bombs, or Bullup air-to-ground missiles, or a single nuclear bomb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1935
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