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  2. List of ship directions - Wikipedia

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    [1] Starboard: the right side of the ship, when facing forward (opposite of "port"). [1] Stern: the rear of a ship (opposite of "bow"). [1] Topside: the top portion of the outer surface of a ship on each side above the waterline. [1] Underdeck: a lower deck of a ship. [21] Yardarm: an end of a yard spar below a sail.

  3. Cardinal direction - Wikipedia

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    Direction determination refers to the ways in which a cardinal direction or compass point can be determined in navigation and wayfinding.The most direct method is using a compass (magnetic compass or gyrocompass), but indirect methods exist, based on the Sun path (unaided or by using a watch or sundial), the stars, and satellite navigation.

  4. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    [16] ashore 1. On the beach, shore, or land (as opposed to aboard or on board a vessel). 2. Towards the shore. 3. "To run ashore": to collide with the shore (as opposed to "to run aground", which is to strike a submerged feature such as a reef or sandbar). assembly station See muster station. astarboard Toward the starboard side of a vessel ...

  5. Points of the compass - Wikipedia

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    32-point compass rose. The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography.A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each separated by 90 degrees, and secondarily divided by four ordinal (intercardinal) directions—northeast, southeast, southwest, and ...

  6. Glossary of geography terms (N–Z) - Wikipedia

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    For example, a representative fraction of 1 ⁄ 1,000,000, often written as 1:1,000,000 or 1:1 mn, means that one inch (or one centimetre) on the map itself is equivalent to one million inches (or centimetres) in the real world. One statute mile is equal to 63,360 inches, so 1,000,000 inches is approximately 16 miles. [4] republic

  7. Geometric terms of location - Wikipedia

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    Common geometric terms of location are: Radial (solid and colored lines) and circumferential roads (dashed and gray lines) in Metro Manila's road network. Axial – along the center of a round body, or the axis of rotation of a body; Radial – along a direction pointing along a radius from the center of an object, or perpendicular to a curved ...

  8. Heading (navigation) - Wikipedia

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    D: +1° C: 126° Therefore, to achieve a true course of 120°, one should follow a compass heading of 126°. True course is 120°, the Variation is 5° East and the Deviation is 1° East. T: 120° V: −5° M: 115° D: −1° C: 114° True course is 035°, the Variation is 4° West and the Deviation is 1° East. T: 035° V: +4° M: 039° D: − ...

  9. DVB-RCT - Wikipedia

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    DVB-RCT (Digital Video Broadcasting - Return Channel Terrestrial) provides a method by which the DVB-T platform (and in theory also the DVB-T2 platform, but DVB-T2 probably trialled first about 5 years after last DVB-RCT field trial) can become a bi-directional, asymmetric data path using wireless between broadcasters and customers.