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

With increasing northing the days became shorter and the exhausted reindeer had to be replaced by dogs.

From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.

Next day’s exertions only enabled them to make three and a half miles of direct northing, and the following day but two and a half.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick

To counteract this, they had twenty-five miles of northing, reducing the current to thirty miles in eight days, which could scarcely be called a current.

From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 by Collins, David

Are we northing nearer home, Or outbound for fresh adventure On the reeling plains of foam?

From Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea by Carman, Bliss

Other ships would be in the latitude of Cape Town, and if we could make the northing, we might raise one and be picked up.

From Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" by Hains, T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins)