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 [wes-ting]  

west·ing

   [wes-ting]
noun
1.
Navigation. the distance due west made good on any course tending westward; westerly departure.
2.
Surveying. a distance west from a north-south reference line.
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Origin:
1620–30; west + -ing1
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westing (ˈwɛstɪŋ)
 
—n
nautical movement, deviation, or distance covered in a westerly direction, esp as expressed in the resulting difference in longitude

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