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magnetic bearing

American  

noun

Navigation.
  1. the bearing of a point relative to that of the nearest magnetic pole.


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If Dwight Eisenhower's extraordinary hold on the American people were solely due to the fact that he has a warm personality and a magnetic bearing, we might have justifiable reservations .

From Time Magazine Archive

Apply the variation from the chart to get the magnetic bearing.

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet

"North 88 east," said Fuller to himself, as he read the magnetic bearing.

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

There is the true or astronomical bearing, and the magnetic bearing.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Starboard or port your helm until at the time calculated the reflection of the sight vane on the pelorus dial cuts on the proper magnetic bearing.

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet

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