line of position

American  

noun

Navigation.

1. a line connecting all the possible positions of a ship or aircraft, as determined by a single observation. LOP

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line of position

The Pennsylvania-based Tighar’s idea is that they then ran south on a navigational line of position and hit Nikumaroro, then known as Gardner Island.

From Forbes ● Nov. 10, 2014

For each time lag, a special chart shows a "line of position."

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he tunes in a second pair of master-and-slave stations operating on a different frequency, and gets a second line of position.

From Time Magazine Archive

And a man would need to be a very emphasized fool quite to spoil the advantages of a long line of position, privilege, and family ascendency.

From Men in the Making by Shepherd, Ambrose

Required line of position by Marc St. Hilaire Method and most probable position of ship.

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet