true bearing

true bearing

[′trü ′ber·iŋ]

(navigation)

Bearing relative to true north; compass bearing corrected for magnetic deviation.

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true bearing

The bearing, 4 of a line in relation to the local geographic meridian; used in early descriptions of land boundaries in the US

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true bearing

The direction of an object from a point, expressed as a horizontal angle, measured clock-wise from true north.

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