compass bearing in a sentence

Examples

1. Martel would then take a compass bearing to the assistant's light, and measure the distance by pacing up to the assistant.
2. They will take a compass bearing and move out at an angle from the houseboat to where Dillon was last seen.
3. In most cases the legs are defined as being the longest section that might be safely followed on a single compass bearing.
4. Deviation may be checked by comparing the compass bearing as measured with a known magnetic bearing measured by a compass with no deviation.
5. They were only given a compass bearing to march on  they had been told and thought they were pursuing a beaten enemy.
6. Enter Alexander Grothendieck, who used category theory to take compass bearings in other work  in functional analysis, homological algebra and finally algebraic geometry.
7. By contrast, Compass bearings have a varying error factor at differing locations about the globe, and are less reliable than the compensated or true bearings.
8. At times topographic maps, compass bearings or keeping the sun at my shoulder are better direction guides than signs, usually nonexistent or bullet-blasted into unreadability.
9. The Post, quoting an unidentified person close to the investigation, said Waddle told investigators he checked the compass bearings of the nearby ship indicated by sonar readings.
10. Quoting an unidentified person close to the investigation, the Post said Waddle told investigators he checked the compass bearings of the nearby ship indicated by sonar readings.