Definition of Northing

1. n. Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing.

Definition of Northing

1. Noun. (cartography) The distance north of a standard reference latitude. ¹

2. Noun. (nautical) A distance traveled northward. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Northing

1. movement toward the north [n -S]

Medical Definition of Northing

1. 1. Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; opposed to southing. 2. The distance of any heavenly body from the equator northward; north declination. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Northing

northern shrimps
northern snakehead
northern storm petrel
northern territory
northern white cedar
northern whiting
northern woodsia
northerner
northerners
northernest
northernly
northernness
northerns
northers
northing (current term)
northings
northland
northlands
northness
northnesses
norths
northside
northupite
northward
northwardly
northwards
northwest
northwest by north

Literary usage of Northing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A (1907)
"At Zanzibar there is a double rainy season, a stronger in the months of March, April, and May, with the northing sun, beginning immediately after the ..."

2. Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising by Charles Davies, William Guy Peck (1855)
"... give the northing method of working a traverse is best shown ür «»"hing of the »ingle course, and the by an example. algebraic sum of the castings and ..."

3. The Great White North: The Story of Polar Exploration from the Earliest by Helen Saunders Wright (1910)
"Complete equipment.— Return of expedition in autumn. — Ziegler expedition under Anthony Fiala.— The America reaches high northing. ..."

4. The Law Review and Quarterly Journal of British and Foreign Jurisprudence by William S. Hein & Company (1845)
"... one from Lord northing- ton, and one from Lord Chatham; because these refer to matters which have an interest with professional men. ..."

5. Across the San Juan Mountains by Thomas Arthur Rickard (1903)
"The lode has a northing of 45 ft. in 480 ft., but this is due not so much to deviation from the perpendicular as it is the result of frequent offsets caused ..."

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