- assumed longitude
- приближенная долгота, округлённое значение долготы (счислимой точки)
Englsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary. - M.: Military publishing house USSR Ministry of Defence. edited by M. Murashkevich. 1974.
Englsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary. - M.: Military publishing house USSR Ministry of Defence. edited by M. Murashkevich. 1974.
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al — • assumed longitude … Maritime acronyms and abbreviations
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