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backbearing

backbearing is the alternative form 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

Forms of backbearing

pluralbackbearings

Questions about backbearing

What is backbearing the alternative form of?
Backbearing is the alternative form of back bearing.

Words near backbearing in the dictionary

  1. backbarriers
  2. Backbarrow
  3. backbars
  4. backbeach
  5. backbeaches
  6. backbearing
  7. backbearings
  8. backbeat
  9. backbeats
  10. backbench
  11. backbencher

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