Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

relative bearing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
rel-a-tive bear-ing
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The clockwise angle from the heading of the vessel to a straight line drawn from the observation station on the vessel to a given object.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

relative bearings (plural)

Phrases

relative bearing grease

Questions

What does relative bearing mean?
The clockwise angle from the heading of the vessel to a straight line drawn from the observation station on the vessel to a given object.

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