northing

American  

[nawr-thing, -thing] / ˈnɔr θɪŋ, -ðɪŋ /

noun

Navigation.

1. northward movement or deviation.

2. distance due north made on any course tending northward.

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northing British  

/ ˈnɔːθɪŋ, -ðɪŋ /

noun

1. nautical movement or distance covered in a northerly direction, esp as expressed in the resulting difference in latitude

2. astronomy a north or positive declination

3. cartography

   1. the distance northwards of a point from a given parallel indicated by the second half of a map grid reference

   2. a latitudinal grid line Compare easting

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Etymology

Origin of northing

First recorded in 1660–70; north + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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northing

Waal, I don't tell ye northing about it.

From Frank Merriwell's Cruise by Burt L. Standish

Are not the periods of those diurnal diseases more obstinate, that commence many hours before the southing or northing of the moon, than of those which commence at those times?

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

At Lake Bemidji the Mississippi reaches its highest northing, which is in the neighborhood of 47° 30'.

From Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by John Algernon Owens

By our last day's journey, we had lost two miles of northing, and had thus recrossed the 25th parallel of south latitude.

From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Thomas Mitchell

Breaking out his schooner on July 10, 1861, an unprecedentedly early date for an Arctic ship, he quickly decided that he could hope for no further northing in a sailing vessel.

From Explorers and Travellers by Adolphus W. Greely