Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft; designed to survive severe impact and fire to help in finding the causes of an accident.
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Chinese Mandarin 飛行記錄器 /飞行记录器
- 飛行記錄器 /飞行记录器a device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
Dutch vluchtdatarecorder
- vluchtdatarecordera device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
Finnish lentoarvotallennin
- lentoarvotallennina device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
French enregistreur de données de vol
- enregistreur de données de vola device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
German Flugdatenschreiber, Flugdatenaufzeichnungsgerät
- Flugdatenschreibera device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
- Flugdatenaufzeichnungsgeräta device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
Italian registratore di volo
- registratore di voloa device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
Korean 비행기록장치
- 비행기록장치 (bihaenggirokjangchi)a device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
Malay perakam data penerbangan
- perakam data penerbangana device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
Polish rejestrator parametrów lotu
- rejestrator parametrów lotua device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
Russian регистра́тор пара́метров полёта, регистра́тор полётных да́нных
- регистра́тор пара́метров полёта (registrátor parámetrov poljóta)a device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
- регистра́тор полётных да́нных (registrátor poljótnyx dánnyx)a device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
- бортово́й самопи́сец (bortovój samopísec)a device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
- бортово́й регистра́тор (bortovój registrátor)a device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
Ukrainian реєстра́тор пара́метрів польо́ту, реєстра́тор польо́тних да́них
- реєстра́тор пара́метрів польо́ту (rejestrátor parámetriv polʹótu)a device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
- реєстра́тор польо́тних да́них (rejestrátor polʹótnyx dányx)a device which records various performance parameters of an aircraft
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APA
flight data recorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flight%20data%20recorder
MLA
“flight data recorder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flight%20data%20recorder. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flight data recorder,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flight%20data%20recorder.
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