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back bearings

back bearings is the plural of back bearing.

Meaning of back bearing

Noun

back bearing (plural back bearings)

  1. (navigation) A bearing taken pointing to the exact opposite direction to the direction heading

Questions about back bearings

What is back bearings the plural of?
Back bearings is the plural of back bearing.

Words near back bearings in the dictionary

  1. back bacon
  2. Back Bay
  3. back beam
  4. back beams
  5. back bearing
  6. back bearings
  7. back beat
  8. back beats
  9. back bench
  10. back benches
  11. back biter

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