heading
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editheading
- present participle and gerund of head
Noun
editheading (plural headings)
- The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
- put the information under the "Advantages" heading
- (nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
- Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
- (mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine, particularly one driving through a solid body of coal or ore; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift. Synonym:roadway.
- (sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
- (masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.[1]
- (flags) A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.
Derived terms
editTranslations
edittitle
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direction
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References
edit- ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Heading”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editheading f (definite singular headinga, indefinite plural headingar, definite plural headingane)
- Alternative spelling of hedding
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap-
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