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Definition of Northward
1. Adverb. In a northern direction. "Let's go north!"
2. Adjective. Moving toward the north. "The northward flow of traffic"
3. Noun. The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees.
Definition of Northward
1. a. Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.
2. adv. Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.
Definition of Northward
1. Noun. The direction or area lying to the north of a place. ¹
2. Adjective. Situated or directed towards the north; moving or facing towards the north. ¹
3. Adverb. Towards the north; in a northerly direction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Northward
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Northward
Literary usage of Northward
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Part IV. From Point Judith to New by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Herbert Gouverneur Ogden, John Ross, Herbert Cornelius Graves, Harry L. Ford (1899)
"Exercise caution in rounding the north end of Block Island, giving the northern
shore a berth of at least 1 mile and going well to the northward of Block ..."
2. Annual Report by Geological Survey of Canada (1906)
"THE GOVERNMENT EXPEDITION TO HUDSON BAY AND northward BY THE SS 'NEPTUNE' 1903-04.
GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY. By Commander AP Low, Officer in Charge of ..."
3. Travels in Alaska by John Muir (1915)
"CHAPTER IX A CANOE VOYAGE TO northward I ARRIVED at Wrangell in a canoe with a
party of Cassiar miners in October while the icy regions to the northward ..."
4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... will take in that portion of it which lies to the northward of the parallel
of the gulf of Hamam-et, ..."
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