| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bearing angle | Aerospace | Horizontal direction measured from 0 at the reference direction clockwise or counterclockwise through 90 or 180. Compare bearing. Bearing angle is labeled with the reference direction as a prefix and the direction of measurement from the reference direction as a suffix. Thus, bearing angle N 37 W is 37 west of north, or bearing 323. (references) | |
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