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Definition of Northwestern

1. Adjective. Situated in or oriented toward the northwest.

2. Adjective. Of a region of the United States generally including Washington; Oregon; Idaho; and sometimes Montana; Wyoming.

Definition of Northwestern

1. a. Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.

Definition of Northwestern

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the ''northwest''; from or to in such a direction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Northwestern

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Northwestern

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northwest by west northwest territories northwest wind northwester northwesterly northwestern northwestern united states northwesterner northwesterners northwesters

northwests northwestward northwestwardly northwestwards northwind nortriptyline nortriptyline hydrochloride nortriptylines nortropane

Literary usage of Northwestern

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"In the North Central division the order for the institutions located in that region is Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, ..."

2. Bulletin by Ohio State Geologist, Ohio Division of Geological Survey (1909)
"SECTIONS AND FAUNAS OF THE Northwestern DISTRICT In the crescent shaped area of Devonian in the northwestern part of the state, the relief of the land is ..."

3. The Publishers Weekly by R.R. Bowker Company, Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association (1892)
"Northwestern BOOKSELLERS AND NEWS- DEA LERS* ASSOCIA TION. Munn & Co., Isaac H. Bailey, Tobacco Lea! Publishing Co., WJ Johnston and Clucas Publishing Co. ..."

4. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"Below the Arkadelphia clay, which is 300 to 400 feet in thickness and lies at the top of the Upper Cretaceous or Gulf series in northwestern Louisiana, ..."

5. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1899)
"THE Northwestern ASSOCIATION, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY President, IW Litchfield, '85 ; rice-President, EL Andrews, '94; Secretary and Treasurer ..."

6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1896)
"COMPOSITION OF CERTAIN MINERAL WATERS IN Northwestern PENNSYLVANIA. ... TH E therapeutic' qualities of mineral springs throughout, northwestern Pennsylvania ..."

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