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4 +6 | ten o'clock left |
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4 | Left one thousand |
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Left one thousand Explanation: X hundred wouldn't go here. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-05-16 11:05:39 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Jack raises a good point. Is this direction in mils or in clock reference? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-05-16 11:18:07 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- There are 6,400 mils in a full circle--a means of measuring direction precisely as in artillery applications. |
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ten o'clock left Explanation: I haven't heard of the clock system being used for road vehicles but it is commonly used for aircraft, usually in combination with a height indication, as in the film "Twelve O'Clock High", where the title means a direction to the pilot that there is something (in this case an enemy aircraft) directly ahead of and above him. Ten o'clock would be sixty degrees to the left, so the word "left" should not be necessary. Ten o'clock is often written as 1000 or 10.00, and could be said as ten hundred, not one thousand; but "ten o'clock" is the accepted form. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-05-16 15:52:18 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- See also http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=285803 though this still only refers to aircraft. |
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