line of position
Americannoun
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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
Required line of position by Marc St. Hilaire Method and most probable position of ship.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
By the Marc St. Hilaire Method, which we are to take up today, you will learn how to get a line of position, at any hour of the day.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
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