magnetic bearing

noun

, Navigation.

1. the bearing of a point relative to that of the nearest magnetic pole.

Example Sentences

This bearing is only approximate, the magnetic bearing being nearly north and south.

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The Rock lies in a direction nearly south-west and north-east, magnetic bearing.

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"North 88 east," said Fuller to himself, as he read the magnetic bearing.

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Apply the variation from the chart to get the magnetic bearing.

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There is the true or astronomical bearing, and the magnetic bearing.

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