Heading
['hedɪŋ] or ['hɛdɪŋ]
Definition
(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'.
Typist: Rudy--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Head
(n.) The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head.
(n.) That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
(n.) Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
(n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
(n.) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
(n.) That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
Typist: Marcus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Title, CAPTION.
Checker: Muriel
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See TITLE]
Checked by Jocelyn
Examples
- It was undoubtedly heading away from the school. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Another heading was Argentine, another Costa Rica, and another San Paulo, each with pages of signs and figures after it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Round the right corner of the battery came a furious crowd, headed by a huge negro, for Alcibiades had no liking for heading such a forlorn hope. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The working chamber is the space between the tunnel heading where work is in progress and the air-lock. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- After a few days of further experiment and observation, however, he changed it to Etheric Force, and the further records thereof (all in Mr. Batchelor's handwriting) were under that heading. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As soon as the pressure is thus equalized, the door at the heading end can be opened and the workmen pass into the heading. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Under the heading of that month in the year I found the marriage. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The aeroplane is sailed at a slight angle to the direction in which it is heading, and the centre of air-pressure is on the forward surfaces of the machine. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Here is the first heading upon which I come. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- My eye caught the name of Openshaw, and the heading 'Tragedy Near Waterloo Bridge. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- A valve is then opened which permits the air to flow from the working chamber into the lock, until the lock becomes filled with air of the same pressure as exists in the heading. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Going into the air pressure, the door at the heading end is held closed by the pressure of air against it while one is entering the lock, after which the outer door is also closed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It rested upon a heading which sent a chill to my heart. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The principle discussed under the last heading may be applied to our present subject. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The two doors open in the same direction; the one at the normal pressure end opening into the cylinder, and the one at the heading end opening away from the cylinder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This is 9? miles long, and it was begun in 1872, the headings joined in 1880, and the tunnel opened for traffic in 1882. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I have attempted to classify these proposals under four headings. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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