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true north

noun

Navigation, Surveying.

  1. the direction of the north pole from a given point.

true north

noun

  1. Also called: geographic north. the direction from any point along a meridian towards the North Pole Compare magnetic north

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

true north

  1. See geographic north

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