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Definition of Heading

1. Noun. A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about. "The heading seemed to have little to do with the text"

2. Noun. The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies.

3. Noun. A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine. "They dug a drift parallel with the vein"

Definition of Heading

1. n. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.

Definition of Heading

1. Verb. (present participle of head) ¹

2. Noun. The title or topic of a document, article, chapter etc. ¹

3. Noun. (nautical) 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) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Heading

1. a title [n -S]

Medical Definition of Heading

1. 1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head. 2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper. 3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc. 4. A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift. 5. The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch. 6. That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward. Heading course A joint between two roussoirs in the same course. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heading

headhouse headhouses headhunt headhunted headhunter headhunters headhunting headhuntings headhunts headier

headies headiest headily headiness headinesses heading (current term) headings headish headkerchief headlamp

headlamps headland headlands headlap headlaps headless headlessly headlessness headlessnesses headlight

Literary usage of Heading

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Howard Pyle: A Record of His Illustrations and Writings by Willard Samuel Morse, Gertrude Brincklé (1921)
"... (179) Illustrated initial P with heading w 4.7 x 0.8 (183) Illustrated initial P with heading w 4.7 x 0.8 (185) Illustrated initial P with heading w 4.8 ..."

2. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1887)
"Notable Editors between 1776 and 1800. Influence of the Early American Press. Hon. SGW BENJAMIN. 97 ILLUSTRATIONS.—Fac-simile of heading to ..."

3. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories edited by Jonathan Y. Richmond, Robert W. McKinney (1994)
"Imports under HTS heading 9802.00.80 US imports of navigational and surveying ... Korea and Mexico were the largest suppliers of heading 9802.00.80 imports. ..."

4. Catalog Rules: Author and Title Entries by James Christian Meinich Hanson, American Library Association, Library Association (1908)
"The ordinary abbreviations for states and countries may be used in a heading if they do not stand at the beginning. Words in the title proper are not to be ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"on; but thereupon the delivery of the heading so counted should be deemed complete, and the heading should then become the property of the Standard Oil ..."

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