Definition of: bearing

(bâr′ing) noun
1. Deportment; manner of conducting or carrying oneself.
2. The act, capacity, or period of producing.
3. That which is produced; crops; yield.
4. The act or capacity of enduring; endurance.
5. Archit. The part of an arch or beam that rests upon a support.
6. Mech. A part that rests on something, or on which something rests, or in which a pin, journal, etc., turns.
7. Her. A device or charge on a field.
8. The point of a compass in which an object is seen.
9 Often plural The situation of an object relative to that of another, or of other points or places.
10. Reference or relation; connection: What bearing does his evidence have on the problem? See synonyms under AIR, BEHAVIOR, DIRECTION.