OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18013

bearing

/ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
balero • balero de rodamiento • balinera • balinero • cojinete • rodamiento • rulemán
A mechanical device that supports another part or reduces friction.
acimut • rumbo
The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
This volume would have been at least twice as large, if I had not made bold to strike out innumerable passages relating to the winds and tides, as well as to the variations and bea…
importancia • incumbencia
Relevance; a relationship or connection.
But of this frame, the bearings and the ties, / The strong connections, nice dependencies.
That has no bearing on this issue.
comporte • porte • proceder
One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
I know him by his bearing.
She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing.
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