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Heading
//ˈhɛdɪŋ// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
"put the information under the "Advantages" heading"
- 2 a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine wordnet
- 3 The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
- 4 a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about wordnet
- 5 Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
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- 6 the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies wordnet
- 7 A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine, particularly one driving through a solid body of coal or ore; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
"http://undergroundcoal.com.au/fundamentals/01_process.aspx Once access has been gained into the coal seam, workings are developed by mining a series of roadways (or headings). These roadways are tunnels largely, if not totally, within the seam, usually rectangular in shape though on occasions they may have an arched or even circular profile."
- 8 The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
- 9 The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
- 10 A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of head form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Etymology 1
From head + -ing.
Etymology 2
From head + -ing.
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