Heading definition

Heading

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WordNet

(1) A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

"They dug a drift parallel with the vein"

(2) 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"

(3) The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

WiktionaryText

The title or topic of a document, article, chapter etc.
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)