heading
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- noun
- /ˈhɛdɪŋ/
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rumbo
- The pilot adjusted the plane's heading to avoid turbulence.
- correct heading
- directional heading
- heading and pitch
His compass heading, his altimeter, all of it.
- His compass heading, his altimeter, all of it.
Examples
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Maintain your current speed and heading.
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Resume your original heading and proceed up the river bed.
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Given speed and heading, we should be about here.
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I'm coming in on an east west heading.
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We need a block of altitude to work the problem and a heading to the nearest airport.
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We are at 3,500 on a heading of, uh, 1-1-0.
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Unidentified aircraft on a heading 0-6-0, come in.
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We'll take a heading of 84 degrees true from there.
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We need a nor'norwest heading, Golanth, to reach the point where the ancients settled.
Fiction book (1991) -
His momentary deviation to a one-seven-six heading had slipped by unnoticed; he smiled.
Fiction book (2000)
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Etymology
Heading comes from the simple word head, meaning 'front' or 'top'. A heading is where your 'head' points — the direction you are moving or facing, which is why pilots and sailors check their heading.