northing

[ nawr-thing, -thing ]

/ ˈnɔr θɪŋ, -ðɪŋ /

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noun Navigation.

northward movement or deviation.

distance due north made on any course tending northward.

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Origin of northing

First recorded in 1660–70; north + -ing¹

Words nearby northing

North Germanic, Northglenn, North Haven, North Highlands, North Holland, northing, North Island, North Island muttonbird, North Karoo, North Kingstown, North Korea

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How to use northing in a sentence

It was found that the river had made its utmost northing in Queen Anne's Lake.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Well, keep as much northing as you can, sir, and I daresay you'll find her parted company.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 417, July, 1850|Various
On the 9th, the river fell off again to the westward, and we lost a good deal of the northing we had made the day before.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete|Charles Sturt
The most notable scientific accomplishment of the first voyage was the high northing made.
Henry Hudson|Thomas A. Janvier

With increasing northing the days became shorter and the exhausted reindeer had to be replaced by dogs.
True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World|Adolphus W. Greely

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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