Crossword-Solution: EASTINGS
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| EASTINGS | anagram | GIANTESS, INSTAGES, SEATINGS, TEASINGS |
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| Directional departures: Naut. | 1 answer |
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On the back of an animal
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Hint 1 meaning
Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an
animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal
fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.
Hint 2 anagram
LRODSA
Hint 3 another clue
BACK ___!
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Sentences with EASTINGS (3)
The best they could do was to keep account each day of the courses and estimated distances that they sailed, to reduce this to numbers of miles eastward and westward in different latitudes (their "eastings" and "westings"), measured from their last known position, Duke of York Island, and from these computations to deduce their probable longitude.
The most accurate method of plotting a traverse is by rectangular co-ordinates, or, as it is usually termed, Northings, Southings, Eastings, and Westings, because the position of each station is plotted independently, and is not affected by the errors committed in plotting previous stations.
The results of all these calculations should be entered in a book, in four columns, for northings, southings, eastings and westings respectively.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1954).