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View definitions for compass reading

compass reading

noun as in heading

noun as in vector

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Taking that from a compass reading, would that be in a generally northeasterly direction?

Hence, every change in course causes a new amount of Deviation which must be allowed for in correcting the compass reading.

When the course is more than 45 (old compass reading) you read from the bottom of the page up.

The symbol η here represents the position of the mid-line of the sector expressed in terms of its 360° compass reading.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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