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compass direction in which a vehicle's bow or nose is pointed
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Summary

heading ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (394 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • heading is a type of geographic direction[2].
  • heading is a type of angular measure[3].
  • heading's main Wikidata property is recorded as P7787[4].
  • heading's different from is recorded as azimuth[5].
  • heading's characteristic of is recorded as vehicle[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include geographic direction[2] and angular measure[3].

Why It Matters

heading ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (394 views/month).[1] heading has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] heading is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2h ago · Dexbot bot · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main wikidata property → P7787
    Different from → azimuth
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → geographic direction, angular measure
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:fa:جهت (ناوبری)]]"
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