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PRONUNCIATION OF GEOGRAPHIC NORTH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GEOGRAPHIC NORTH

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Geographic north is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GEOGRAPHIC NORTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

True north

True north is the direction along the earth's surface towards the geographic North Pole. True geodetic north differs from magnetic north, and from grid north. Geodetic true north also differs very slightly from astronomical true north because the local gravity may not point at the exact rotational axis of the earth. The direction of astronomical true north is marked in the skies by the north celestial pole. This is within about 1 degree of the position of Polaris, so that the star appears to trace a tiny circle in the sky each day. Due to the precession of the Earth's axis, true north rotates in an arc with respect to the stars that takes approximately 25,000 years to complete. In about 2100 to 2102 Polaris will make its closest approach to the celestial north pole. Five thousand years ago, the closest visible star to the celestial north pole was Thuban. On maps published by the United States Geological Survey and the United States Armed Forces, true north is marked with a line terminating in a five-pointed star. The east and west edges of the USGS topographic quadrangle maps of the United States are meridians of longitude, thus indicating true north.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GEOGRAPHIC NORTH

geog.
geognost
geognostic
geognostical
geognostically
geognosy
geogonic
geogony
geographer
geographic
geographical
geographical determinism
geographical mile
geographically
geographies
geography
geohydrologic
geohydrologist
geohydrology
geoid

WORDS THAT END LIKE GEOGRAPHIC NORTH

back and forth
Butterworth
east by north
Far North
Fort Worth
forth
go forth
Kenilworth
magnetic north
north
northeast by north
northwest by north
set forth
tamworth
the Far North
the North
true north
Wentworth
west by north
worth

Synonyms and antonyms of geographic north in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «geographic north» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GEOGRAPHIC NORTH

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The translations of geographic north from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «geographic north» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

地理北极
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

norte geográfico
570 millions of speakers

English

geographic north
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भौगोलिक उत्तर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

شمال الجغرافي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

географический Северный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

norte geográfico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভৌগলিক উত্তর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nord géographique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Utara geografi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geografischen Norden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地理的な北
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지리적 북
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Geografi lor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phía bắc địa lý
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புவியியல் வட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भौगोलिक उत्तर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Coğrafik kuzey
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nord geografico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

północ geograficzną
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

географічний Північний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nord geografic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γεωγραφικό βορρά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geografiese noord
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

geografisk norr
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

geografisk nord
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of geographic north

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GEOGRAPHIC NORTH»

The term «geographic north» is normally little used and occupies the 127.886 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about geographic north

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GEOGRAPHIC NORTH»

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Kahmen/faig:surveying Geb
12.1.6.1 Fundamentals Since the magnetic north pole does not correspond to the geographic north pole, a magnet needle does not exactly point towards north, but rather in the direction of the magnetic meridian ("magnetic north"). Between ...
Heribert Kahmen, Wolfgang Faig, 1988
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Essentials of College Physics
By these expressions, we mean that if such a magnet is used as a compass, one end will “seek,” or point to, the geographic North Pole of Earth and the other end will “seek,” or point to, the geographic South Pole of Earth. We conclude that the ...
Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille, 2007
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Spatial Information Theory. Cognitive and Computational ...
We basically consider two alternatives: The case of maps supplied with a north arrow and the case of maps with a boundary consisting of grid lines where one of the sides is distinguished as the geographic north. In the first case the north ...
C. Freksa, David M. Mark, 1999
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Understanding the Earth
to the dip of sedimentary rocks, i.e. it is defined as the angle that the lines of force make with the Earth's surface (Figure 10.7). The declination is the bearing of the field (Figure 10.7), i.e. the angle between the geographic north and the direction  ...
Geoff Brown, Chris Hawkesworth, R. C. L. Wilson, 1992
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An Introduction to Physical Science
The magnetic north pole is about 1000 km (620 mi) from the geographic North Pole. In the Southern Hemisphere the magnetic “south” pole (actually a magnetic north pole) is displaced even more from its corresponding geographic pole.
James Shipman, Jerry Wilson, Charles Higgins, 2012
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Environmental Geology Laboratory
But, such is not the case. North magnetic pole deviates approximately 11° from the geographic pole (Fig. 1-14). N S Geographic north Magnetic north 11° Figure 1-14. Earth's magnetic axis is inclined approximately 11° from its geographic axis .
‎2003
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Introduction to Physical Science, Revised Edition
Note that magnetic north (toward which the compass points) and the geographic North Pole (the Earth's axis of rotation) do not coincide. Equator N S I Geographic South Pole Magnetic North Magnetic South The Earth's Magnetic Field At the ...
James Shipman, Jerry Wilson, Aaron Todd, 2009
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Backpacker
GEOGRAPHIC NORTH VERSUS MAGNETIC NORTH a. North pole, geographic north b. Magnetic north pole c. Greenland d. Alaska Needle points 3O degrees east of geographic north. Needle points 25 degrees east of geographic north.
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modern's abc of physics for xii (part-i):
It, then, easily explains as to why the N=pole of a freely suspended bar magnet always points towards the geographical north of the earth. It may be pointed out that the line joining the geographic north and south of the earth, calledgeogr' aphic ...
Satyajit Deb, 2013
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The IIT Foundation Series - Physics Class 8, 2/e
An imaginary line joining the earth's geographic north and south poles is called geographic axis. An imaginary plane containing geographic north, south poles and a given place is called geographic meridian at the given place. An imaginary  ...
Trishna Knowledge Systems

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GEOGRAPHIC NORTH»

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Professor Says Reason Is A White Male Construct
... way is a scientific expression that anyone with an iota of education understands, because there is the “Geographic North Pole” which is static ... «The Libertarian Republic, Jul 15»
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You Will Be Surprised To Know Why Nigerian Family Decided To …
Brave Nigerian family from Anambra state decided to reach the Geographic North Pole to launch their foundation “Challenge 100” and remember the abducted ... «NAIJ.COM, Jun 15»
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Arc'teryx Alpine Academy 2015
... and Liv Sansoz presented their Cosmic Bivy story and Eric Lason showed his unsupported, unaided expedition to the geographic North Pole. «Planetmountain, Jun 15»
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Arc'teryx Alpine Academy 2015 on Mont Blanc
... and Liv Sansoz presented their Cosmic Bivy story and Eric Lason showed his unsupported, unaided expedition to the geographic North Pole. «Planetmountain, Jun 15»
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Annual sea ice extent for May below average, again
The black cross indicates the geographic North Pole. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL SNOW AND ICE DATA CENTER). It's another ... «Nunatsiaq News, Jun 15»
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Explorer Curtis heading into Arctic Ocean as part of ice warrior …
... up to 80 days travelling 800 miles to the centre of the ocean, more than 200 miles further from Canada than the geographic North Pole. «Clacton and Frinton Gazette, Jun 15»
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1st Nigerians on North Pole
CAMP BARNEO, North Pole -- Following in the footsteps of great explorers and adventurers, the Amazu Family reached the Geographic North ... «charlestonchronicle.net, Apr 15»
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Family Become First Nigerians to Reach Geographic North Pole …
Following in the footsteps of great explorers and adventurers, the Amazu Family reached the Geographic North Pole to launch their philanthropic foundation ... «PR Newswire, Apr 15»
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Y.CO Headnorth Team Reach Geographic North Pole
After six long days of trekking over 100km through ice mazes and -35C temperatures, Team headnorth have reached the Geographic North ... «Superyachts.com, Apr 15»
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Meet The Man on a Mission to Preserve the World's Coldest Places
In 2014, he completed what he believes will be the last unsupported expedition to the geographic North Pole… ever. Larsen documents each ... «TIME, Apr 15»

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