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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Example Sentences

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

Again, if the sun bears due East or West the line of position must bear due North and South.

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet

By having this line of position intersect your parallel of latitude, you will be able to establish the position of your ship, both as to its latitude and longitude.

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet