Abeam vs Abear - What's the difference?
abeam | abear |
(nautical, aircraft) On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel FM 55-501 Marine Crewman’s Handbook'' or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative ''JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms .
(nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.
(nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.
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(obsolete) To bear; to carry.
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To behave; to comport oneself.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.12:
*:So did the Faerie knight himselfe abeare, / And stouped oft his head from shame to shield [...].
As an adverb abeam
is on the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative .As an adjective abeam
is alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.As a preposition abeam
is alongside.As a verb abear is
to put up with; to endure.As a noun abear is
bearing, behavior.abeam
English
Adverb
(en adverb)Adjective
(en adjective)- The island was directly abeam of us.