magnetic course

American  

noun

Navigation.

1. a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.

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magnetic course British  

noun

1. Also called: magnetic heading.  an aircraft's course in relation to the magnetic north

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Example Sentences

At this meeting two pocket compasses, one brought by Mr. Furness and the other by Mr. Sellers, were placed at a point near the circle of the hands in order to observe whether any deflection from the magnetic course occurred.

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Worsley reckoned from the chart that the distance from our camp to Husvik, on an east magnetic course, was seventeen geographical miles, but we could not expect to follow a direct line.

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I read: "The Correct Magnetic Course is derived from the True Course by applying to it the variation."

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So I added 9 degrees 40 minutes to the left of my west-by-south course, thus getting my correct Magnetic Course, and was ready once more to run to open sea.

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This purely local variation I derived from the deviation card of my standard compass and then applied to the Correct Magnetic Course.

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