northing

[ nawr-thing, -th ing ]

/ ˈnɔr θɪŋ, -ðɪŋ /

noun Navigation.

northward movement or deviation.

distance due north made on any course tending northward.

Nearby words

northerner, northernize, northernmost, northfield, northglenn, northing, northlake, northland, northlander, northman, northmost

Origin of northing

First recorded in 1660–70; north + -ing¹

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Examples from the Web for northing

The gale had given us some northing, but it had dealt the Endurance what might prove to be a severe blow.
South!|Sir Ernest Shackleton
"The wind is northing a bit," the skipper said as, after giving the helmsman instructions, he came up to Frank.
The Queen's Cup|G. A. Henty
In their first eight days they made but eight miles' northing.
Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty Centuries|Edward Rowland
I wished to make all the northing that was possible, but there was nothing to be done in that way with the spritsail alone.
The Frozen Pirate|W. Clark Russell

We could observe the difference in the seasons in our northing in company with the sun.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone

British Dictionary definitions for northing

northing

/ (ˈnɔːθɪŋ, -ðɪŋ) /

noun

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

astronomy a north or positive declination

cartography

the distance northwards of a point from a given parallel indicated by the second half of a map grid reference
a latitudinal grid lineCompare easting (def. 2)

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