south-southeast
the point on the compass midway between south and southeast.
coming from this point: a south-southeast wind.
directed toward this point: a south-southeast course.
toward this point: sailing south-southeast.Abbreviation: SSE
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How to use south-southeast in a sentence
A Tarascan village 27 kilometers by road south-southeast of Carapan; pine forest.
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico | William E. DuellmanThe sun shone down warmly; it was almost sultry, and now and then there came a puff of wind from the south-southeast.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11 | Friedrich SpielhagenAt the south-southeast there is another cut, through which a small affluent pours into the main stream.
The Bontoc Igorot | Albert Ernest JenksIt was oriented on a north-northwest—south-southeast axis, quite without reference to the wall system.
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia | C. Malcolm WatkinsOn reaching the sea we set our course due east, with the wind south-southeast, and made good progress.
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 | Jasper Danckaerts
British Dictionary definitions for south-southeast
the point on the compass or the direction midway between southeast and south; 157° 30′ clockwise from north
in, from, or towards this direction
- Symbol: SSE
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