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• Course of the Willamette River — Coordinates: 45°39′10″N 122°45′53″W / 45.65278°N 122.76472°W / 45.65278; 122.76472 …   Wikipedia

• Opposite Day — This article is about the game. For the 2009 comedy film, see Opposite Day (film). For the parliamentary mechanism, see Opposition day. Opposite Day, also known as Opposites Day is a word game where speech is modified so that meaning is inverted …   Wikipedia

• Opposite lock — For the similar technique used in bikes, see Countersteering (Motorcycle). A diagram showing the use of opposite lock steering. Note the angle of the front wheels. This car is traveling up and to the right. Blue indicates right steer, red left… …   Wikipedia

• Course (navigation) — In navigation, a vehicle s course is the angle that the intended path of the vehicle makes with a fixed reference object (typically true north). Typically course is measured in degrees from 0° clockwise to 360° in compass convention (0° being… …   Wikipedia

• Course of San Juan Creek — Map of San Juan Creek watershed San Juan Creek is a creek in Orange County in the U.S. state of California. It is about 29 miles (47 km) long, and along with its major tributary, Trabuco Creek, drains 133 square miles (340 km2) near the …   Wikipedia

• opposite lock — The act of turning the wheels to avoid a skid by steering in the opposite direction to which the vehicle is going. If the tail of the vehicle swings out to the left in a skid, you should correct the problem by turning the steering fully to the… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• The Course of Empire — is a five part series of paintings created by Thomas Cole in the years 1834 36. It is notable in part for reflecting popular American sentiments of the times, when many saw pastoralism as the ideal phase of human civilization, while fearing that… …   Wikipedia

• back course — The course line along the extended centerline of a runway in the opposite direction to the front course, or the localizer course for an ILS (instrument landing system). For an aircraft to approach the instrument runway from the end on which the… …   Aviation dictionary

• The Championship Course — Championship Course on a flood tide (e.g. for the Boat Race). The Start and Finish are reversed when racing on an ebb tide. Middlesex and Surrey denote banks of the Thames Tideway, not the actual English counties …   Wikipedia

• off course — not moving forward as wanted or expected. The opinion polls show that voters think the government has gone off course. Opposite of: on course Etymology: based on the literal meaning of a ship or spacecraft going in the wrong direction …   New idioms dictionary

• on course — moving forward as desired or expected. Are we on course to finish this book on time? Opposite of: off course Etymology: based on the literal meaning of a ship or spacecraft going in the right direction …   New idioms dictionary