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TARGET RELATIVE BEARING [2 records]

Record 1 2011-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sonar and Underwater Detection (Military)
DEF

The bearing of a target measured in the horizontal from the bow of one’s own ship clockwise from 0 degrees to 360 degrees, or from the nose of one’s own aircraft in hours of the clock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sonar et détection sous-marine (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Submarines (Naval Forces)
DEF

The relative angle between the target bearing and its course.

OBS

It can be measured in degrees right or left.

OBS

Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sous-marins (Forces navales)
DEF

Angle compris entre la direction du bâtiment observé (direction de la cible) et son axe, peut être droite ou gauche, et se mesure en degré d'angle.

OBS

Terminologie officialisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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