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Welcome to:

International Dictionary of Marine Aids to Navigation

also known as "The IALA Dictionary

When using the Wiki Search Engine (above) you should note that:

the search is not case-sensitive, so ATON, aton and AtoN all give the same result
if you enter the word light, it will not return pages with the word lights or lighting
a search will only return pages that contain all the words in your search since the search engine operates on whole words separated by spaces or punctuation marks
you can search for an exact phrase using double quotes, so if you are searching for a term using the original IALA Dictionary numbering format e.g. 4-3-045 you should do an exact phrase search by enclosing the number in double quotes i.e. "4-3-045" to ensure a correct search result.

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 * the search is not case-sensitive, so '''ATON''', '''aton''' and '''AtoN''' all give the same result
-* the search engine operates on whole words separated by spaces or punctuation marks, so if you enter the word '''light''', it will not return pages with the word '''lights''' or '''lighting'''.
+* if you enter the word '''light''', it will not return pages with the word '''lights''' or '''lighting'''
-* a search will only return pages that contain ''all the words'' in your search
+* a search will only return pages that contain ''all the words'' in your search since the search engine operates on whole words separated by spaces or punctuation marks
 * you can search for an ''exact phrase'' using double quotes, so if you are searching for a term using the original IALA Dictionary numbering format e.g. '''4-3-045''' you should do an ''exact phrase'' search by enclosing the number in double quotes i.e. '''"4-3-045"''' to ensure a correct search result.</div>
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