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
The most you can expect from one sight is to fix your line of position, i.e., the line somewhere along which you are.
From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet
Two rivers, it was true, traced out the line of position; but, during the winter, there were no longer any rivers in this country.
From History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 by Ségur, Philippe-Paul, comte de
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