relative bearing

American  

noun

Navigation.

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

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Example Sentences

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

A slight movement on your part varies the form and outline and relative bearing of hill and vale, raises a pinnacle here, or there sinks a gorge precipitously steep.

From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by Young, William

Such a man assimilates the substance of every speech and judges its relative bearing upon the question.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 by Various

"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