Northing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The difference in latitude between two positions as a result of a movement to the north.
  • n. Progress toward the north.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The distance north of a standard reference latitude.
  • n. A distance traveled northward.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing.
  • n. The distance of any heavenly body from the equator northward; north declination.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The distance of a planet from the equator northward; north declination.
  • n. In navigation and surveying, the distance of latitude reckoned northward from the last point of reckoning: opposed to southing.
  • n. Deviation toward the north.
    • Word Usage
    "The captain counts it a light upon one of the headlands of the Jersey shore; and he orders the helmsman (she is sailing in the eye of an easy westerly breeze) to give her a couple of points more "northing"; and the yards and sheets are trimmed accordingly."
    Cross Reference
    easting   
    Form
    false northing   
    Same Context
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