traverse sailing

noun

Sailing by compound courses; the method or process of finding the resulting course and distance from a series of different shorter courses and distances actually passed over by a ship.

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Meanings

nountraverse sailing (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenauticalSailing by compound courses; the method or process of finding the resulting course and distance from a series of different shorter courses and distances actually passed over by a ship.
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