back beam
back beam





back bearing
i. The horizontal angle, measured clock-wise from a datum, and observed from an aircraft for a point over which it has passed without an intervening alteration of a heading. It is the reciprocal of track.
ii. A bearing differing by 180°, or measured in the opposite direction from a given bearing. Also called a reciprocal bearing.
iii. The bearing at the opposite end of a line from the observer as measured from the true meridian at the opposite end of the line. The back bearing on all lines (other than north-south lines) differs from the bearing at the observer's station by the amount of convergency of the meridians between the two points.