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westing

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west·ing  (wstng)
n.
1. The difference in longitude between two positions as a result of a movement to the west.
2. Progress toward the west.

[From west.]

westing [ˈwɛstɪŋ]
n
(Mathematics & Measurements / Navigation) Navigation movement, deviation, or distance covered in a westerly direction, esp as expressed in the resulting difference in longitude


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They always showed a considerable westing when I knew that we had been sailing due north.
A current was setting to the westward, she made westing whether she made southing or not.
 
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