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running fix

noun

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  1. a fix made from a moving vessel or aircraft from observations made at different times, the course and distance run between the observations being considered.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of running fix1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

As the sun moves across the sky, you can obtain successive LOPs, which can be advanced to plot a running fix, like taking bearings on the same lighthouse at intervals as you pass along a coast.

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