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mechanical bearing cursor, bearing cursor
1. In radar, the radial line on a transparent disk that can be rotated to determine bearing or location.
2. A radar set in which the radial line inscribed on a transparent disk can be rotated manually around an axis coincident with the center of the plan position indicator.

It is used for determining bearing or location.

This entry is located in the following unit: mechano-, mechan-; mechanico-; machin- (page 3)
Word Entries containing the term: “bearing cursor
electronic bearing cursor, electronic bearing marker
1. A line on a radar screen which indicates the bearing of a marine target.
2. A reference to a marine radar set, the bright rotatable radial line on the plan position indicator that is used for the determination of bearing or the calculation of a direction or a geographic position.
This entry is located in the following units: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 58) -tron, -tronic, -tronics + (page 6)