click

Arabic translation: مربع

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English term or phrase:	click
Arabic translation:	مربع
Entered by:	Nora Medhat (X)

22:01 Feb 17, 2007

English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Aerospace / Aviation / Space

English term or phrase: click

Hey everybody. This guy's a firefighter. He's giving his incident commander his coordinates so the commander can send him a chopper and he says, "we're one click south of...". What does "click" mean here? I've searched everywhere... I just joined an aviation forum and posted the question as a last resort... Any help would be really appreciated.
Thanks a bunch.

Nora Medhat (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 114 (9 open) (3 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 1
Local time: 09:40

مربع

Explanation:
مربع على الخريطة

(see my note in Ask the Asker above)

Selected response from:

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:40

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +5

US military English slang for "kilometer" (distance)

Stephen Franke

مربع

Nesrin

ومضة

Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

4 mins confidence:

ومضة

Explanation:
لحظة-ومضة-طرفة عين

Hebat-Allah El Ashmawy
Egypt
Local time: 09:40
Native speaker of: Arabic

Notes to answerer

Asker: Gosh thanks Heba but it's just like I put below in my note to Ahmad... I think it's some geographical lingo... Thanks again!

17 mins confidence:

مربع

Explanation:
مربع على الخريطة

(see my note in Ask the Asker above)

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:40
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks a MILLION! I would never have figured that out... The aviation forum folk ignored my question. Probably in their book I'm a lowly mere mortal who can't fly a plane if her life depended on it. :) Thanks so much, Nesrin.

36 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

US military English slang for "kilometer" (distance)

Explanation:
That term "click" in the cited context means, in US "military English" slang, the word "kilometer" (distance).

HTH.

Regards.

Stephen H. Franke
Riyadh

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Note added at 39 mins (2007-02-17 22:41:06 GMT) Post-grading
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US military helicopter crews coined that term "click" or "kilos" while flying combat missions in Vietnam during the late 1960s (I was a frequent passenger).

Stephen Franke
United States
Local time: 23:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks Stephen. I just got the same answer from the aviation forum folk. I'm gonna contact a moderator to transfer the points to you. Thanks still Nesrin! :)

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