Bearing

A bearing, sometimes referred to as relative bearing, was a common way to describe a specific direction in relation to a starship. (; display graphic)
It was also used to describe a direction in subspace. ()
== Uses ==
Bearings were commonly used to define the direction at which another object or the origin of a transmission was located in space, in relation to the current orientation of the ship. Bearings have also been used to indicate a direction on a planet by an away team on the surface or from the planet's atmosphere. Bearings were also used when the ship made a course correction in its current heading. (; ) 
The Picard Maneuver included a sensor bearing. ()
In space, bearings were given in one or two 360-degree angles, sometimes with one or two decimal place accuracy, with various other information. For example:
* Mark-73.5 ()
* 0-mark-4 ()
* 001-mark-.03 () 
* 004-mark-009 ()
* 05-mark-231 ()
* 010-mark-271 ()
* 010-mark-273 ()
* 012-mark-6 ()
* 013-mark-015 ()
* 017-mark-346 ()
* 019.73-mark-62.32 ()
* 23-mark-217 ()
* 067-mark-24 ()
* 102-mark-4 ()
* 111-mark-14 ()
* 123 degrees-mark-18 ()
* 125-mark-21 ()
* 162 mark-7 ()
* 180-mark-0 ()
* 187-mark-025 ()
* 219-mark-47 ()
* 235-point-7 ()
* 240 degrees-mark-6, port ()
* 316-mark-4 ()
* 320 degrees-mark-2 ()
* 358-mark-269 ()
On a planet, bearings were also given in one or two 360-degree angles, with various other information. For example:
* 300-mark-7 ()
* 94-mark-7, angle of elevation 6 degrees. ()
* About 11 miles, bearing 121 from the mining company. ()
* 283 degrees. 15.2 kilometers. ()
* 327 degrees. Distance 600 nautical. ()
== Appendices ==
=== See also ===
* Coordinates
* Grid
* Heading
* Navigation
* Quadrant
* Sector
=== Background information ===
The first use of the term bearing to indicate a direction occurred in episode "Balance of Terror". The meaning of bearings has been further defined in the writer's guides and several reference books, such as Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (p. 36). Bearing 000-mark-0 is directly in front of the ship and bearing 180-mark-0 directly behind the ship. Coming about to bearing 090-mark-0 would be a sharp turn to the right or starboard. Coming about to bearing 270-mark-0 would be a sharp turn to the left or port. The second figure after the "mark" is the elevation angle. Coming about to bearing 000-mark-90 would be tilting the ship directly upwards and 000-mark-270 directly downwards. 
=== Deleted references ===
According to the for , a second patrol formation of Klingon cruisers approached the on a bearing of "090-mark-20" to the in the Kobayashi Maru scenario.
According to the for , as the was leaving Earth, Uhura detected an unidentified aircraft in Earth's atmosphere at "range 30 miles, bearing 010". 
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