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Definition of bearing in English: bearingnoun ˈbɛːrɪŋˈbɛrɪŋ 1A person's way of standing or moving. a man of precise military bearing Example sentencesExamples - Blind people quickly learn to find their bearing (space, time) in judo training and to move around with self-assurance.
- Dressed like Sunday boaters, they appeared casual, but had a military bearing.
- One soldier testified that the bearing and behaviour of the men convinced the soldiers on duty that those involved in the raid were ‘superior officers’.
- But her deflated bearing and tone is also a touch obvious - labored, you might say, in its listlessness.
- Cusack copes well with the physical demands of the production, offering convincing portrayals of women who are markedly different in appearance and bearing.
- In The Wolf Man, Rains is the perfect lord of the manor with his patrician bearing and smooth manner with the town's officials.
- They would cultivate a military bearing, trying to take a disciplinary flogging with manly indifference, and giving a smart salute after it.
- He was hugely muscular and with the arrogant bearing of a man who knew he would get what he wanted.
- He has fleshy pale cheeks, bright brown eyes and an eager bearing that leaves the impression of an overgrown boy.
- Moreover her stage bearing has a rare grace and dignity.
- The effect on their bearing and appearance is all too often appalling.
- But in spite of his melancholy bearing and despondent expression, there were few who could say that they had ever seen a man of more distinguished presence.
- A short fellow with a refined bearing, Gavaskar consistently got hundreds and double-hundreds against top-class bowling.
- His bearing made him appear aloof, as if he sat heads above everyone else.
- Most were Sikhs, Rajputs or Gurkhas, people whom the British classed as ‘martial races’ and they were much admired for their bearing, courage and steadfastness.
- Unless looks deceive so convincingly, he does not look indigent and like someone in state of abject poverty; more like a man in full control of his bearing, faculties and appearance.
- Footwear is one aspect that can make a difference to the bearing of the person, literally and figuratively.
- The exhaustion shows, though his military bearing and appearance (he still has the buzz cut of a man in uniform) belie the toll the case has taken on him.
- In her bearing, speech and manner, Medea, then is no longer the supernatural being who charmed Jason into marrying her, but a cold, calculating woman, her mind set at a single purpose.
- It was not the profundity of his words but the silent strength of his bearing that was so powerful.
- I notice his erect bearing, his poker face, only his moving cheek muscles betray that this man is under great tension.
Synonyms posture, comportment, carriage, gait, stance British deportment - 1.1 The way a person behaves or conducts themselves.
she has the bearing of a First Lady Example sentencesExamples - His bearing, his sense, his dignity and organisational skills are hailed throughout the city.
- At the same time, her children excel all the children in town in learning, in demeanor, and in a certain reserved and distinguished bearing.
- The physiognomy of the city and the bearing of its inhabitants share the portentous aspect of a drama.
- In the egalitarian world of the NFL, in which free agency and a salary cap are designed to prevent the emergence of dynasties, these Super Bowl appearances imply an aristocratic bearing.
- A man's personality and mental make-up do have a bearing upon his conduct.
- It is not exactly a usual thing for a six-foot-five inch white man with a shock of white hair, a man of distinguished bearing to ask for a job as a hotwalker at a racetrack.
- Let us grant for the moment that individual choices and actions do reflect the moral bearing of a person, and that issues of morality can only be dealt with by spiritual, or deep self-enquiry.
- Twopeny shared the disdain of other English visitors for the conduct and bearing of the native-born, a disdain matched by the anxiety of English mothers watching their children run free.
- At every occasion, his personal bearing, his humility, and his profound remarks make you feel that you are in august company.
- Others, more worldly and human in their bearing, interpret the bharata natyam dancer's role as that of a frank seductress.
Synonyms demeanour, manner, air, aspect, attitude, behaviour, mien, countenance, guise, cast, look, feel, style
2mass noun Relation; relevance. the case has no direct bearing on the issues being considered Example sentencesExamples - Naomh Eoin's inability to use their extra man sufficiently definitely had a bearing, but St. Mullins must be commended for their team spirit.
- The ability of a person to generate income increases also has a bearing, he said.
- This appears to have a bearing because things such as pest control and economics obviously are perhaps of greater concern to farmers and you could perhaps explain why there seems to be such a high percentage.
- Although his subsequent post still has some bearing to the point of the article I linked, his behavior is reprehensible.
- My question is, what is his relationship with his family and what bearing will the family have on if and when he decides to get married?
- This sober attitude is needed, for the negative impact of a local government's financial instability will definitely have a national bearing.
- But how much of a bearing does withholding truth have on that persons credibility, trust and integrity?
- We say that has no bearing at all on the interpretation of the 1981 Act.
- Thus, messages from ancestors have a bearing within a community and can alert men and women alike about any social breaks and lack of community ties.
- This is where managing relationships has the most bearing.
- We still don't know what is going to happen about Spennymoor United, who are struggling to fulfil their fixtures - that situation could have a bearing.
- On the resolution of this issue, our role in the global peace movement has a very important bearing.
- I do not think it had any bearing whatsoever, despite what members say, on the agreement to the leave.
- Money shouldn't be top of your list of qualities but it can have a bearing.
- ‘To win it would be the victory of all victories,’ the Bolton boss said as he prepared to lock horns with Graeme Souness in a game that could have a major bearing in the relegation stakes.
- The kids felt the story was unrealistic and had no bearing or relevance to their lives.
- And because they're not part of the agreement, they have no legal bearing.
- These uncertainties also have an important bearing in understanding the complex and rapidly evolving tectonic history of the Adelaide Fold Belt.
- He's also convinced that personal traits have a huge bearing.
- None of those paragraphs have any bearing or have any relevance in considering the overseas cases because they were not dealing with the scheme of this legislation.
Synonyms relevance, relevancy, significance, pertinence, connection, relation, aptness, appositeness, germaneness, importance, import, application 3mass noun The ability to tolerate something bad or to be tolerated. school was bad enough, but now it's past bearing Example sentencesExamples - Your begging is past bearing.
- Most oddly, while implacably committed to family duties and the bringing up of children, the novel succeeds in portraying both as a burden almost beyond human bearing.
- This city's normal population is only 85,000 and last week 400,000 retreating Leftists and hostages jammed it almost beyond bearing, with food running crucially short.
- But to receive that terse response, and the earlier one, is beyond bearing.
- For all of us who have offered the couple our thoughts and prayers over the past three months, who have felt for their torment and despair, such a scenario is almost beyond bearing.
Synonyms endurance, endurability, tolerance, tolerability, acceptance, acceptability, sufferance, manageability 4often bearingsA part of a machine that allows one part to rotate or move in contact with another part with as little friction as possible. Example sentencesExamples - A typical rebuild is new pistons, rods, main and rod bearings, piston rings, and a valve job.
- Each spreader is made of heavy-gauged steel with rugged cast-iron axle bearings that are guaranteed to last.
- Other advanced industries, like those producing machine tools and bearings, were painfully emerging but were at a low technical level.
- After all, who's likely to take an engine apart to examine what kind of bearings the crankshaft is rotating in?
- Applications include valve nuts, cam bearings, impellers, hangers in pickling baths, agitators, crane gears and connecting rods.
- The lower line feeds the big end bearings and the upper line the main bearings and piston cooling jets.
- An artificial hip joint consists of three parts, the ball, the bearing and the cup.
- If the bearings that allow the crankshaft to turn freely are worn out, the crankshaft cannot turn so the engine cannot run.
- Axle bearings, suspensions, pivot points, and all lube points should be checked to see if there is any leakage or potential failures.
- Hydrodynamic bearings were substituted, which develop an air film when the tape gets up to speed and flies over the surface.
- My machine would need new bearings, a new controller board and several other components if it was to be brought back to life.
- ‘Tap the yoke gently and the bearing should appear,’ was one classic phrase I learned from Mr. Haynes.
- Friction is also found in bearings, piston rings, transmission and rear-end gears, and a host of other car parts.
- In the medical and pharmaceutical sectors, Amiloy 22 can be used to fabricate shaft bushings, bearings, piston rings, pump parts, and slide pads.
- Our distributor looked at the machine and found bearings that were near failure.
- This feature of the T-carts was attributed to the heavier weight of the T-carts but in fact it was due to a different type of bearing used in the caster piece where it attached to the cart.
- The nut on the end of the axle holds on the wheels, and the inside of the bearings are always in contact with the axle.
- New air cycle machine bearings have been developed and will improve the robustness of the system.
- Meanwhile, hydrodynamic lubrication in plain bearings and piston rings can be analysed in seconds.
- Slip bearings allow the two halves to move independently.
5The direction or position of something, or the direction of movement, relative to a fixed point. It is usually measured in degrees, typically with magnetic north as zero. the Point is on a bearing of 015° there were no steeples or bridges from which to take a bearing Example sentencesExamples - The ship vectored us for the approach, and I intercepted the final bearing at 21 miles and 6,000 feet.
- Glassfish were seemingly everywhere, and I would pause every now and then to regain my bearing whenever these living, moving silver clouds engulfed me.
- From here I follow a compass bearing to swim out perpendicular to the wall past a forest of sea pens.
- I moved around, trying to get a bearing for my location in the room.
- The tape is registered against the lower support guide by tilting the bearing less then a degree outward.
- None of the magnets are suitable for use as magnetic bearings in nuclear centrifuges.
- Benina held the Lady on a bearing of 330 northwest (of Benina) and compatible with the aircraft's route to and from Naples.
- Continue until the seabed drops, and when you reach the boulder-strewn sea floor, follow your compass bearing until you reach some angular rocks.
- If, however, you want to see more wreckage, then from the cave return to the stern of the Mohegan and follow a compass bearing to the south-west until the depth is just less than 18m.
- We had an assigned firing bearing, and we went over the different trajectory options to get the best acquisition and kill.
- He lowered the nose and the chopper gained momentum, banking sharply to the left, he checked his magnetic compass and set off at a bearing of 282 degrees.
- It gives the range, relative bearing and range rate.
- Twenty miles from the goal we had to jump to the cloud street to the west to go in the direction of the goal which was now at a bearing of about 340 degrees.
- I submerge straight away to get out of the slosh and follow a compass bearing over the shallow kelp and into the Ore Stone.
- The wreck was on a magnetic bearing of 360-degrees.
- Linaps provides the gunner with the position of the gun and the exact bearing and elevation of the barrel.
- Our final-approach controller began giving us vectors to intercept the final bearing.
- The fire of individual fire units - batteries - was controlled by command posts which calculated the range and bearing to the target and gave the necessary orders to the guns.
- Go through it and follow a south-south-west bearing across the bald dome of the summit slopes to the 3556 ft summit itself.
- If the target's relative bearing has not changed and the range is decreasing, you should change your course or speed or prepare for a close encounter.
Synonyms direction, orientation, course, trajectory, heading, tack, path, line, run - 5.1one's bearings Awareness of one's position relative to one's surroundings.
he flashed the torch around, trying to get his bearings Example sentencesExamples - Anyway, once I got my bearings everything seemed to make more sense, and it felt less like I had walked into Alice in Wonderland.
- Unless you were a tourist wanting to get fleeced, or you needed to get your bearings, you didn't come out of the subway and look up at the World Trade Center, and you sure didn't point.
- It was quite hard to find her bearings without her sight.
- The ride is just over an hour long, and is an excellent way to get your bearings around the city.
- After taking a few seconds to find their bearings, the two set off for their landing sight.
- It also will slow a big man down half a second and allow him to gain his bearings and gain some sense of where his teammates are.
- At any other time of year, this would have been an odd triptych of international hotspots, but try getting your bearings during a four-day festival devoted purely to the art of dramming.
- Working with a sextant for two days, she figured out her bearings and rigged a sail to position herself in currents she hoped would take her to Hawaii.
- Before I can gather my bearings though, my feet have taken me to Lena.
- In some kind of internal holding pattern with my bearings lost, deadly shy and baffled.
- As Hammann made a wide circle to gain altitude and get his bearings, he sighted enemy patrol boats racing toward Ludlow's foundering Macchi.
- Whatever its point of departure in the individual, art is one of the means by which human beings collectively gain their bearings and make sense of reality, ultimately, bring more and more of it under their conscious control.
- Given that I was very unfamiliar with the layout and condition of the wreck I decided to spend this first dive exploring the bridge and surrounding area to get my bearings.
- It only took me a couple of seconds to get my bearings after I woke up.
- And the other important thing is to get our bearings - to understand how to get from the airport to the hotel, and from the hotel to the circuit each day.
- But it is as if not only her mother's generation but hers too now feels so lost, they can only find their bearings by referring to the psychological barrier that still separates east and west.
- Adam couldn't get his bearings from his position on the ground.
- It is very easy to lose your bearings as the constant sensory barrage and face to face combat can almost leave you shell shocked.
- He swam, trying to maintain his position and get his bearings inside the hold, until something pressed against him and he felt himself sinking deeper.
- He lurched to his feet, and the world spun for a second before he got his bearings.
Synonyms orientation, sense of direction whereabouts, location, position, situation, track, way
6Heraldry A device or charge. Example sentencesExamples - Taxes on hats, dice, clocks, salt, hair powder, gloves, artificial flowers, menservants, game certificates and armorial bearings have also been used in the past.
- Rommel presented, together with Giovianni, a beautiful copy of the armorial bearings of the city of Porto Recanati and some illustrated books of the city and its region.
- There is now a thriving black market in armorial bearings and medieval chivalry.
- In England, new coats of arms are granted to individuals by the Earl Marshal of the College of Arms, which oversees the issuing of armorial bearings.
- They are one and the same person; Richard is author of both the schoolboy newspaper and the spoof armorial bearings.
- Uniforms and regimental colours initially embodied the colonel's armorial bearings and livery, but soon took on the state's symbols.
- The carved eagles at the comers suggest that the table might have been made for the Borghese family, whose armorial bearings incorporate an eagle.
- With the increasing realism of later medieval art, windows begin to include many details of daily life, and their donors are commemorated by being depicted in contemporary dress, or by the inclusion of their armorial bearings.
Synonyms insignia, regalia, badge, emblem, ensign, device, heraldic device, coat of arms, arms, armorial bearing, escutcheon, shield
Rhymes airing, ballbearing, Behring, Bering, caring, daring, fairing, file-sharing, hardwearing, pairing, paring, raring, sparing, Waring, wearing Definition of bearing in US English: bearingnounˈbɛrɪŋˈberiNG 1in singular A person's way of standing or moving. a man of precise military bearing Example sentencesExamples - The exhaustion shows, though his military bearing and appearance (he still has the buzz cut of a man in uniform) belie the toll the case has taken on him.
- He was hugely muscular and with the arrogant bearing of a man who knew he would get what he wanted.
- Blind people quickly learn to find their bearing (space, time) in judo training and to move around with self-assurance.
- In The Wolf Man, Rains is the perfect lord of the manor with his patrician bearing and smooth manner with the town's officials.
- One soldier testified that the bearing and behaviour of the men convinced the soldiers on duty that those involved in the raid were ‘superior officers’.
- Moreover her stage bearing has a rare grace and dignity.
- The effect on their bearing and appearance is all too often appalling.
- Unless looks deceive so convincingly, he does not look indigent and like someone in state of abject poverty; more like a man in full control of his bearing, faculties and appearance.
- Footwear is one aspect that can make a difference to the bearing of the person, literally and figuratively.
- They would cultivate a military bearing, trying to take a disciplinary flogging with manly indifference, and giving a smart salute after it.
- Dressed like Sunday boaters, they appeared casual, but had a military bearing.
- His bearing made him appear aloof, as if he sat heads above everyone else.
- It was not the profundity of his words but the silent strength of his bearing that was so powerful.
- In her bearing, speech and manner, Medea, then is no longer the supernatural being who charmed Jason into marrying her, but a cold, calculating woman, her mind set at a single purpose.
- A short fellow with a refined bearing, Gavaskar consistently got hundreds and double-hundreds against top-class bowling.
- But in spite of his melancholy bearing and despondent expression, there were few who could say that they had ever seen a man of more distinguished presence.
- But her deflated bearing and tone is also a touch obvious - labored, you might say, in its listlessness.
- I notice his erect bearing, his poker face, only his moving cheek muscles betray that this man is under great tension.
- Cusack copes well with the physical demands of the production, offering convincing portrayals of women who are markedly different in appearance and bearing.
- Most were Sikhs, Rajputs or Gurkhas, people whom the British classed as ‘martial races’ and they were much admired for their bearing, courage and steadfastness.
- He has fleshy pale cheeks, bright brown eyes and an eager bearing that leaves the impression of an overgrown boy.
Synonyms posture, comportment, carriage, gait, stance - 1.1 The way one behaves or conducts oneself.
she has the bearing of a First Lady Example sentencesExamples - A man's personality and mental make-up do have a bearing upon his conduct.
- Twopeny shared the disdain of other English visitors for the conduct and bearing of the native-born, a disdain matched by the anxiety of English mothers watching their children run free.
- At the same time, her children excel all the children in town in learning, in demeanor, and in a certain reserved and distinguished bearing.
- His bearing, his sense, his dignity and organisational skills are hailed throughout the city.
- It is not exactly a usual thing for a six-foot-five inch white man with a shock of white hair, a man of distinguished bearing to ask for a job as a hotwalker at a racetrack.
- In the egalitarian world of the NFL, in which free agency and a salary cap are designed to prevent the emergence of dynasties, these Super Bowl appearances imply an aristocratic bearing.
- Others, more worldly and human in their bearing, interpret the bharata natyam dancer's role as that of a frank seductress.
- At every occasion, his personal bearing, his humility, and his profound remarks make you feel that you are in august company.
- The physiognomy of the city and the bearing of its inhabitants share the portentous aspect of a drama.
- Let us grant for the moment that individual choices and actions do reflect the moral bearing of a person, and that issues of morality can only be dealt with by spiritual, or deep self-enquiry.
Synonyms demeanour, manner, air, aspect, attitude, behaviour, mien, countenance, guise, cast, look, feel, style
2Relation; relevance. the case has no direct bearing on the issues Example sentencesExamples - Money shouldn't be top of your list of qualities but it can have a bearing.
- But how much of a bearing does withholding truth have on that persons credibility, trust and integrity?
- On the resolution of this issue, our role in the global peace movement has a very important bearing.
- This is where managing relationships has the most bearing.
- Thus, messages from ancestors have a bearing within a community and can alert men and women alike about any social breaks and lack of community ties.
- We still don't know what is going to happen about Spennymoor United, who are struggling to fulfil their fixtures - that situation could have a bearing.
- ‘To win it would be the victory of all victories,’ the Bolton boss said as he prepared to lock horns with Graeme Souness in a game that could have a major bearing in the relegation stakes.
- We say that has no bearing at all on the interpretation of the 1981 Act.
- My question is, what is his relationship with his family and what bearing will the family have on if and when he decides to get married?
- This appears to have a bearing because things such as pest control and economics obviously are perhaps of greater concern to farmers and you could perhaps explain why there seems to be such a high percentage.
- He's also convinced that personal traits have a huge bearing.
- These uncertainties also have an important bearing in understanding the complex and rapidly evolving tectonic history of the Adelaide Fold Belt.
- Although his subsequent post still has some bearing to the point of the article I linked, his behavior is reprehensible.
- The kids felt the story was unrealistic and had no bearing or relevance to their lives.
- This sober attitude is needed, for the negative impact of a local government's financial instability will definitely have a national bearing.
- Naomh Eoin's inability to use their extra man sufficiently definitely had a bearing, but St. Mullins must be commended for their team spirit.
- None of those paragraphs have any bearing or have any relevance in considering the overseas cases because they were not dealing with the scheme of this legislation.
- And because they're not part of the agreement, they have no legal bearing.
- I do not think it had any bearing whatsoever, despite what members say, on the agreement to the leave.
- The ability of a person to generate income increases also has a bearing, he said.
Synonyms relevance, relevancy, significance, pertinence, connection, relation, aptness, appositeness, germaneness, importance, import, application 3The level to which something bad can be tolerated. school was bad enough, but now it's past bearing Example sentencesExamples - Your begging is past bearing.
- Most oddly, while implacably committed to family duties and the bringing up of children, the novel succeeds in portraying both as a burden almost beyond human bearing.
- For all of us who have offered the couple our thoughts and prayers over the past three months, who have felt for their torment and despair, such a scenario is almost beyond bearing.
- But to receive that terse response, and the earlier one, is beyond bearing.
- This city's normal population is only 85,000 and last week 400,000 retreating Leftists and hostages jammed it almost beyond bearing, with food running crucially short.
Synonyms endurance, endurability, tolerance, tolerability, acceptance, acceptability, sufferance, manageability 4A part of a machine that bears friction, especially between a rotating part and its housing. Example sentencesExamples - Axle bearings, suspensions, pivot points, and all lube points should be checked to see if there is any leakage or potential failures.
- Friction is also found in bearings, piston rings, transmission and rear-end gears, and a host of other car parts.
- Meanwhile, hydrodynamic lubrication in plain bearings and piston rings can be analysed in seconds.
- Hydrodynamic bearings were substituted, which develop an air film when the tape gets up to speed and flies over the surface.
- An artificial hip joint consists of three parts, the ball, the bearing and the cup.
- ‘Tap the yoke gently and the bearing should appear,’ was one classic phrase I learned from Mr. Haynes.
- The lower line feeds the big end bearings and the upper line the main bearings and piston cooling jets.
- The nut on the end of the axle holds on the wheels, and the inside of the bearings are always in contact with the axle.
- If the bearings that allow the crankshaft to turn freely are worn out, the crankshaft cannot turn so the engine cannot run.
- My machine would need new bearings, a new controller board and several other components if it was to be brought back to life.
- Slip bearings allow the two halves to move independently.
- Other advanced industries, like those producing machine tools and bearings, were painfully emerging but were at a low technical level.
- Each spreader is made of heavy-gauged steel with rugged cast-iron axle bearings that are guaranteed to last.
- In the medical and pharmaceutical sectors, Amiloy 22 can be used to fabricate shaft bushings, bearings, piston rings, pump parts, and slide pads.
- This feature of the T-carts was attributed to the heavier weight of the T-carts but in fact it was due to a different type of bearing used in the caster piece where it attached to the cart.
- New air cycle machine bearings have been developed and will improve the robustness of the system.
- Our distributor looked at the machine and found bearings that were near failure.
- After all, who's likely to take an engine apart to examine what kind of bearings the crankshaft is rotating in?
- A typical rebuild is new pistons, rods, main and rod bearings, piston rings, and a valve job.
- Applications include valve nuts, cam bearings, impellers, hangers in pickling baths, agitators, crane gears and connecting rods.
- 4.1 A ball bearing.
Example sentencesExamples - Also we tune several other unnamed companies their hubs and also pedals and BB axles with ceramic bearings.
- But that rear wheel bearing is just as important.
- On top of that place a bearing, then a spacer, and then the wheel that has a bearing in the other side. Push down like you did to put in the other bearing, and you are done with the bearings for that wheel.
- The one thing that you may need to decide is whether you want bearings with removable shields or not.
- Many bearings look very similar, whether they are ball bearings, roller bearings or other bearings.
- What the Deore doesn't have is the crisp butter smooth shifting of the more expensive levers that use bearings instead of bushings.
- Flywheel bearings need replacement on a regular basis, requiring the services of qualified technicians, and vacuum system filters require inspection and periodic changing.
- To reduce friction in the flywheel I would make sure bearings were placer on the axle and make sure they were oiled properly.
- What is the durability data for ceramic bearings in bicycle hubs?
- Unlike dovetail slide, ball-bearing, and cross-roller bearing stages, flexure stages rely on elastic deformation of a solid material.
- If the hub bearings are bad, they are easily tapped out and replaced.
- Many bearings come with an ABEC rating which people tend to think relates to the speed and quality of the bearing.
- The higher the ABEC number the more precise the bearing has been made.
- The more precisely a bearing is made, the less friction and wear occurs.
- This is why the drivetrain and wheel bearings are lubricated.
- The ball bearing had originated about 1877 but was not widely used in America until the bicycle craze swept the country.
- Just make sure you have good bearing and axle-systems and the wheels won't make a huge difference.
- After riding for about half an hour, it is common for your bearings and bolts to settle causing everything to become loose, so you'll want to have your tools with you to tighten everything back up.
- But my opinion is that once you break in the gelled bearing, it's just as fast as the oiled bearing.
5The direction or position of something, or the direction of movement, relative to a fixed point. It is usually measured in degrees, typically with magnetic north as zero. the Point is on a bearing of 015° Example sentencesExamples - I submerge straight away to get out of the slosh and follow a compass bearing over the shallow kelp and into the Ore Stone.
- He lowered the nose and the chopper gained momentum, banking sharply to the left, he checked his magnetic compass and set off at a bearing of 282 degrees.
- The tape is registered against the lower support guide by tilting the bearing less then a degree outward.
- The wreck was on a magnetic bearing of 360-degrees.
- Go through it and follow a south-south-west bearing across the bald dome of the summit slopes to the 3556 ft summit itself.
- If, however, you want to see more wreckage, then from the cave return to the stern of the Mohegan and follow a compass bearing to the south-west until the depth is just less than 18m.
- None of the magnets are suitable for use as magnetic bearings in nuclear centrifuges.
- It gives the range, relative bearing and range rate.
- Our final-approach controller began giving us vectors to intercept the final bearing.
- If the target's relative bearing has not changed and the range is decreasing, you should change your course or speed or prepare for a close encounter.
- We had an assigned firing bearing, and we went over the different trajectory options to get the best acquisition and kill.
- Continue until the seabed drops, and when you reach the boulder-strewn sea floor, follow your compass bearing until you reach some angular rocks.
- Glassfish were seemingly everywhere, and I would pause every now and then to regain my bearing whenever these living, moving silver clouds engulfed me.
- The ship vectored us for the approach, and I intercepted the final bearing at 21 miles and 6,000 feet.
- I moved around, trying to get a bearing for my location in the room.
- The fire of individual fire units - batteries - was controlled by command posts which calculated the range and bearing to the target and gave the necessary orders to the guns.
- Linaps provides the gunner with the position of the gun and the exact bearing and elevation of the barrel.
- From here I follow a compass bearing to swim out perpendicular to the wall past a forest of sea pens.
- Benina held the Lady on a bearing of 330 northwest (of Benina) and compatible with the aircraft's route to and from Naples.
- Twenty miles from the goal we had to jump to the cloud street to the west to go in the direction of the goal which was now at a bearing of about 340 degrees.
Synonyms direction, orientation, course, trajectory, heading, tack, path, line, run - 5.1one's bearings Awareness of one's position relative to one's surroundings.
he rose unsteadily to his feet and tried to get his bearings Example sentencesExamples - Before I can gather my bearings though, my feet have taken me to Lena.
- Anyway, once I got my bearings everything seemed to make more sense, and it felt less like I had walked into Alice in Wonderland.
- After taking a few seconds to find their bearings, the two set off for their landing sight.
- As Hammann made a wide circle to gain altitude and get his bearings, he sighted enemy patrol boats racing toward Ludlow's foundering Macchi.
- It also will slow a big man down half a second and allow him to gain his bearings and gain some sense of where his teammates are.
- He swam, trying to maintain his position and get his bearings inside the hold, until something pressed against him and he felt himself sinking deeper.
- The ride is just over an hour long, and is an excellent way to get your bearings around the city.
- It is very easy to lose your bearings as the constant sensory barrage and face to face combat can almost leave you shell shocked.
- Given that I was very unfamiliar with the layout and condition of the wreck I decided to spend this first dive exploring the bridge and surrounding area to get my bearings.
- And the other important thing is to get our bearings - to understand how to get from the airport to the hotel, and from the hotel to the circuit each day.
- Whatever its point of departure in the individual, art is one of the means by which human beings collectively gain their bearings and make sense of reality, ultimately, bring more and more of it under their conscious control.
- He lurched to his feet, and the world spun for a second before he got his bearings.
- Adam couldn't get his bearings from his position on the ground.
- But it is as if not only her mother's generation but hers too now feels so lost, they can only find their bearings by referring to the psychological barrier that still separates east and west.
- In some kind of internal holding pattern with my bearings lost, deadly shy and baffled.
- Unless you were a tourist wanting to get fleeced, or you needed to get your bearings, you didn't come out of the subway and look up at the World Trade Center, and you sure didn't point.
- Working with a sextant for two days, she figured out her bearings and rigged a sail to position herself in currents she hoped would take her to Hawaii.
- It was quite hard to find her bearings without her sight.
- It only took me a couple of seconds to get my bearings after I woke up.
- At any other time of year, this would have been an odd triptych of international hotspots, but try getting your bearings during a four-day festival devoted purely to the art of dramming.
Synonyms orientation, sense of direction
6Heraldry A device or charge. Example sentencesExamples - With the increasing realism of later medieval art, windows begin to include many details of daily life, and their donors are commemorated by being depicted in contemporary dress, or by the inclusion of their armorial bearings.
- The carved eagles at the comers suggest that the table might have been made for the Borghese family, whose armorial bearings incorporate an eagle.
- There is now a thriving black market in armorial bearings and medieval chivalry.
- Taxes on hats, dice, clocks, salt, hair powder, gloves, artificial flowers, menservants, game certificates and armorial bearings have also been used in the past.
- Rommel presented, together with Giovianni, a beautiful copy of the armorial bearings of the city of Porto Recanati and some illustrated books of the city and its region.
- In England, new coats of arms are granted to individuals by the Earl Marshal of the College of Arms, which oversees the issuing of armorial bearings.
- Uniforms and regimental colours initially embodied the colonel's armorial bearings and livery, but soon took on the state's symbols.
- They are one and the same person; Richard is author of both the schoolboy newspaper and the spoof armorial bearings.
Synonyms insignia, regalia, badge, emblem, ensign, device, heraldic device, coat of arms, arms, armorial bearing, escutcheon, shield 7Architecture A structural part that supports weight, such as a wall that supports a beam. Example sentencesExamples - The kitchen would look absolutely smashing if you tore down a wall and made a kitchen island with the oven and work surfaces but is it a bearing wall?
- At the Opera House end, the beam has a sliding bearing to allow for thermal movement and, as a result, loads at that end always bear vertically down on Barry's wall.
- In short order, the cracking in the drywall in the centre bearing wall reappeared and the plaintiff became concerned.
- The presence of a courtyard together with thick cement-brick bearing walls ensures an internal comfortable environment especially in summer.
- It is supported by a curved bearing wall at the north end of the arena and by two circular towers at the south end, which also contain vertical circulation elements.
- A poured-in-place concrete bearing wall supports a structural steel roof, and a preassembled glass and aluminum curtain wall forms the skin.
- It's as if the closet has had every foundation and bearing wall removed but still stands, supported by mere expediency, etiquette and the lingering shards of shame.
- Structural engineers determined all of them to be on non-load - bearing walls or in plaster.
- 7.1 The point at which a structural part rests upon a supporting structure, such as the specific area of a beam that rests upon a wall.
Example sentencesExamples - In the end, the support system at the footing and the bearing of the curved panels at the top of the forms proved rigid enough that the spuds were not used on the final few columns, speeding up the process even more.
- There is no challenge to the suggestion that this is common medical practice. Both Noiles and Church relate to an improvement in the socket half of the joint, in which the bearing is capable of being oriented.
- A second method for improving the bearing strength of clay walls involves thermoprocessing.
- This included data on the bearing strength of the lunar surface, and spacecraft temperatures which could be used to analyse the temperature of the Moon's surface.
- The corbels' vertical dimensions were chosen to provide a gradual transfer of bearing loads to the walls of the tower legs.
- The Ontario Building Code then in force required that any wall with an air space under two inches be provided with weep holes immediately above the base flashing in veneered walls having bearing support.
- It's easier with a partner, but you can triangulate this point alone by sighting the crown's apex with a compass and marking a line with your tape measure under the tree along the bearing.
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