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The electronic systems used in aircraft or spacecraft for functions such as navigation, communication, and control.
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- avionics bay
- avionics failure
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The avionics bay smelled of warm insulation.
A fault in the avionics left the pilot without reliable navigation data.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Collective field noun, usually uncountable; typically takes a singular verb. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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