relative bearing
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The initial display shows the relative bearing and distance of all in-range AIS-equipped vessels.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am the only near relative bearing the Crompton name.
From The Cromptons by Holmes, Mary Jane
Those who consider its relative bearing, both upon individuals and the human race, will be convinced that Phrenology carries in its train the most valuable assistance in furthering the cause of education, morality, and religion.
From Christian Phrenology A Guide to Self-Knowledge by Bunney, Joseph
A passage which stood in the early editions is removed, the portrait which it referred to having been not that of the lady mentioned, but of a relative bearing the same name.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John
"In the clear understanding of details, and in the new perception of the relative bearing and importance of parts."
From A Letter of Credit by Warner, Susan
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