Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The difference in latitude between two positions as a result of a movement to the north.
- noun Progress toward the north.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The distance of a planet from the equator northward; north declination.
- noun In navigation and surveying, the distance of latitude reckoned northward from the last point of reckoning: opposed to southing.
- noun Deviation toward the north.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Surv. & Navigation) Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to
southing . - noun (Astron.) The distance of any heavenly body from the equator northward; north declination.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun cartography The distance
north of a standard referencelatitude . - noun nautical A distance traveled northward.
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Examples
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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.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 Various
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"Whenever you face trials of any kind," explained the apostle James, "consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in northing."
Lisa Sharon Harper: Our National Dark Night Of The Soul Lisa Sharon Harper 2011
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I needed thorium, and northing but thorium, and went from Shattrath to Orgrimmar to Ferales to Silithus to Un'Goro Crater.
"...help can't even help us." greygirlbeast 2009
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"Whenever you face trials of any kind," explained the apostle James, "consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in northing."
Lisa Sharon Harper: Our National Dark Night Of The Soul Lisa Sharon Harper 2011
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The EHRC has long been considered a joke by disabled people it does northing for and dodges any real work.
Police Search Too Few White People SHOCK!! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Hollywood heavyweights from all quarters knew darn well that Gibson's 25 year public track record of being a decent citizen far surpassed his sad one night incident and by many of those who were clearly northing more than grandstanding opportunists who's envy and jealousy far succeeds their hypocrisy.
Robert De Niro Joining Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness « FirstShowing.net 2008
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It is then converted to easting, northing, lat and long so it can be used in a variety of apps.
Is anyone using machine tags/triples for National Grid references? Mia 2007
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Jojoba shrubs are native to the Sonoran desert around Arizona, California and northing Mexico.
Psoriasis Guru » Blog Archive » Natural Psoriasis Remedy — Jojoba Oil 2009
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George Osborne The Independent – There is northing progressive about out-of-control spending
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Ideally we'd publish NG, easting/northing and lat/long, because the stored data can be pushed through any transformations in the publication process.
Is anyone using machine tags/triples for National Grid references? Mia 2007
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