heading
- noun
- /ˈhɛdɪŋ/
- Specialized
- I've linked to just three recent ones that I'm aware of, but there are at least three more heading to contract, all within a very short period.
Examples
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Rather, I measured objectification by looking at elements of pornographic texts under three broad headings: reciprocity, identification, and violence.
Academic text (2005) -
Uncontrolled Headings
Academic text (2012) -
There are a significant number of drug actions that can be classed under this heading.
Academic text (2011) -
I'll lay in a heading. #GEORDI#
Fiction book (1994) -
The great macro trends, which I would put under the heading of "the market state," will continue regardless of which candidate is elected.
Blog text (20) -
Some authors examined controlled headings in general.
Academic text (2012) -
In particular, the highest net photosynthetic rates of the non-irrigated plants grown in SRPP and DRPP were observed at the heading and filling stages, respectively.
Academic text (2014) -
Moreover, two irrigation schemes were employed: (1) 180 mm irrigation at the jointing, heading, and filling stages; and (2) no irrigation during these growth stages.
Academic text (2014) -
That was the sum of his accumulated wealth, earned laboring for neighbors when his father could spare him from the plow and the pitchfork, the cotton sack, and the corn-heading knife.
Fiction book (1997) -
The miners dug through the earth, creating a long heading to access the rich vein of coal.
Synonyms
A long passage underground where miners work
A nearly flat tunnel in a mine for access and moving minerals
An almost level tunnel leading from the surface into a mine for people, water or air
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Heading comes from the common word head, which means 'front' or 'top'. In mining a heading is the front passage miners dig, so it is the 'head' of the tunnel.