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northing

noun

Etymology

From north + -ing.

  1. derived from *nér✻ — “below (the surface)”
  2. inherited from *nurþrą✻
  3. inherited from *norþr✻
  4. inherited from norþ
  5. inherited from north
  6. suffixed as northing — “north + ing”

Definitions

  1. The distance north of a standard reference latitude.

  2. A distance traveled northward.

  3. present participle and gerund of north

The neighborhood

Derived

false northing

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for northing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA