omnibearing
omnibearing noun: the bearing of an aircraft, usually relative to magnetic north, determined by omnidirectional radio signals.
Noun
omnibearing (plural omnibearings)
- The bearing of an aircraft, usually relative to magnetic north, determined by omnidirectional radio signals.
- Consequently the capsule could be positioned only by omnibearings reported from the capsule.1959, Kenneth Franklin Gantz, Man in Space
- By map reference and omnibearings, he erroneously estimated his position at E', and would have attempted to fly a heading away from the station had he not been corrected.1967, Norman R. Driscoll, Effects of a Simple Stability Augmentation System on the Performance of Non-instrument-qualified Light-aircraft Pilots During Instrument Flight., page 11
Adjective
omnibearing (not comparable)
- Pertaining to everything within a domain.
- In order to achieve this aim, however, it is imperative to have an omnibearing industrial policy integrating different policies for different trades with different policies of the central and local authorities and of different regions.1986, Daily Report: China - Issues 141-147
Examples of omnibearing in a sentence
- Then a continuous readout of the omnibearing appears in the space used for frequency display, followed by an "F" when "from" is selected, for positive identification.1976, Flying: Used Planes - What Ten Grand Can Buy, page 12:
- The bearing of the aircraft is shown in degrees on the aircraft's omnibearing selector.1995, Samuel B. Fishbein, Flight management systems: the evolution of avionics and navigation:
Forms of omnibearing
| plural | omnibearings |
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Origin of omnibearing
From omni- + bearing.
Questions about omnibearing
- What does omnibearing mean?
- Omnibearing means the bearing of an aircraft, usually relative to magnetic north, determined by omnidirectional radio signals.
- How do you use omnibearing in a sentence?
- Then a continuous readout of the omnibearing appears in the space used for frequency display, followed by an "F" when "from" is selected, for positive identification.
- What part of speech is omnibearing?
- Omnibearing can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of omnibearing?
- The plural of omnibearing is omnibearings.
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