relative bearing

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the bearing of an object, relative to the heading of a vessel or aircraft.

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How to use relative bearing in a sentence

A pictorial elevation and ground-plan of this design, with its relative bearing to the old Bridge, are to be seen in Plates ii.
Chronicles of London Bridge|Richard Thompson
Such a man assimilates the substance of every speech and judges its relative bearing upon the question.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893|Various