heading

heading

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɪŋ

Verb

heading

1. present participle of head

Noun

heading (plural headings)

1. The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.

   put the information under the "Advantages" heading

2. (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)
3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
4. (mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
5. (sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
6. (masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward[1].
7. (flags) A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.

Derived terms

• double-heading
• single-heading
• subheading
• treble-heading

Translations

title

Arabic: عُنْوَان‎ (ar) m (ʿunwān) Belarusian: загало́вак m (zahalóvak), ру́брыка f (rúbryka), на́дпіс m (nádpis) Bulgarian: загла́вие (bg) n (zaglávie) Catalan: títol (ca) m Chichewa: mutu Chinese: Mandarin: 標題／标题 (zh) (biāotí), 題目／题目 (zh) (tímù) Czech: nadpis (cs) m, záhlaví (cs) n Dutch: kop (nl) m Finnish: otsikko (fi) French: titre (fr) m German: Überschrift (de) f Greek: επικεφαλίδα (el) f (epikefalída), τίτλος (el) m (títlos) Hungarian: címsor (hu) Irish: rúibric f, ceannscríbhinn f, ceannteideal m, mírcheann m Japanese: 見出し (みだし, midashi), 題目 (ja) (だいもく, daimoku), 表題 (ja) (ひょうだい, hyōdai) Korean: 표제(標題) (ko) (pyoje), 제목(題目) (ko) (jemok) Macedonian: заглавие n (zaglavie), наслов m (naslov) Plautdietsch: Äwaschreft f Polish: nagłówek (pl) m, rubryka (pl) f Portuguese: cabeçalho (pt) m, manchete (pt) f Russian: заголо́вок (ru) m (zagolóvok), загла́вие (ru) n (zaglávije), ру́брика (ru) f (rúbrika), на́дпись (ru) f (nádpisʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: на́слов m Roman: náslov (sh) m Slovak: nadpis m, záhlavie n Slovene: naslov (sl) m Turkish: başlık (tr) Ukrainian: за́головок (uk) m (záholovok), заголо́вок (uk) m (zaholóvok), ру́брика f (rúbryka), на́пис m (nápys), на́дпис m (nádpys)

direction

Bulgarian: курс (bg) m (kurs), направле́ние (bg) n (napravlénie) Finnish: kulkusuunta, suunta (fi) French: orientation (fr) f, cap (fr) m German: Kurs (de) m Greek: πορεία (el) f (poreía) Hebrew: כִּוּוּן‎ (he) m (kivún), מַסְלוּל‎ (he) f (maslúl) Hungarian: (haladási) irány Maori: raranga, ahunga Portuguese: proa (pt) f Russian: курс (ru) m (kurs), направле́ние (ru) n (napravlénije) Swedish: kurs (sv) c

References

1. 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heading f (definite singular headinga, indefinite plural headingar, definite plural headingane)

1. Alternative spelling of hedding