Heading
- In Wikipedia: Wikipedia:Headings
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.