bearings

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bearing/ˈbeərɪŋ/

▶noun

• 1 a person's way of standing, moving, or behaving.

• 2 relation; relevance: the case has no bearing on the issues.

• 3 (bearings) a device in a machine that allows two parts to rotate or move in contact with each other with reduced friction.

• 4 the direction or position of something relative to a fixed point, normally measured in degrees and with magnetic north as zero.

  ■ (one's bearings) awareness of one's position relative to one's surroundings.

• 5 Heraldry a device or charge.