• Czech: nadpis
• Finnish: otsikko
• German: Überschrift

• Finnish: kulkusuunta
• German: Kurs

The word heading has various meanings:

• It is synonymous with the related word Headline.
• A heading is used to provide hierarchical information about other information. Headings can emphasize or tell people what information is where, such as a title or subtitle or topic at the top or beginning of a paragraph or letter or chapter. Headings are used in wiki, HTML, and other markup languages.
• In navigation, a heading is the direction a person or vehicle is facing or pointing.
• In some mining jargon, a heading is a communication tunnel which is being extended in a given direction.

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