navigation light
English
Noun
navigation light (plural navigation lights) (usually in plural form)
- (nautical, aviation) one of two or more lights fitted to a ship or aircraft, which indicate position and direction taken, especially important at night. Internationally recognised colours are red on the port side, and green on the starboard side.
Hypernyms
Translations
one of the lights on a ship or aircraft
References
- “navigation lights”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- navigation light on Wikipedia.Wikipedia