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control tower

–noun
a glass-enclosed, elevated structure for the visual observation and control of the air and ground traffic at an airport.
Also called tower.


Origin:
1915–20
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control tower  
n.  A tower at an airfield from which air traffic is controlled by radio and observed physically and by radar.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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