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Meaning of "northing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NORTHING

northing  [ˈnɔːθɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NORTHING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Northing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NORTHING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Easting and northing

The terms easting and northing are geographic Cartesian coordinates for a point. Easting refers to the eastward-measured distance, while northing refers to the northward-measured distance. Easting and northing coordinates are commonly measured in metres from a horizontal datum. However, imperial units are also used. The coordinates are most commonly associated with the Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system, which has unique zones that cover the Earth to provide detailed referencing. The term northing has also been used by explorers to describe a general progress toward the North Pole. Isaac Israel Hayes used this term in an 1861 address to the New-York Geographical and Statistical Society saying, "The want of steam power curtailed my northing."...

Definition of northing in the English dictionary

The first definition of northing in the dictionary is movement or distance covered in a northerly direction, esp as expressed in the resulting difference in latitude. Other definition of northing is a north or positive declination. Northing is also the distance northwards of a point from a given parallel indicated by the second half of a map grid reference.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NORTHING


Althing
ˈælθɪŋ
anything
ˈɛnɪˌθɪŋ
birthing
ˈbɜːθɪŋ
everything
ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ
faithing
ˈfeɪθɪŋ
gunsmithing
ˈɡʌnˌsmɪθɪŋ
hypnobirthing
ˈhɪpnəʊˌbɜːθɪŋ
locksmithing
ˈlɒksmɪθɪŋ
nothing
ˈnʌθɪŋ
plaything
ˈpleɪˌθɪŋ
rebirthing
riːˈbɜːθɪŋ
silversmithing
ˈsɪlvəˌsmɪθɪŋ
sleuthing
ˈsluːθɪŋ
something
ˈsʌmθɪŋ
thing
θɪŋ
thirtysomething
ˈθɜːtɪˌsʌmθɪŋ
toothing
ˈtuːθɪŋ
wickthing
ˈwɪkˌθɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NORTHING

northernise
northernism
northernize
northernmost
Northland
Northlander
Northman
Northmen
northmost
Northumb
Northumberland
Northumbria
Northumbrian
northward
northwardly

WORDS THAT END LIKE NORTHING

bathing
be on to a good thing
breathing
clothing
first thing
fishing
get down on something
know-nothing
last thing
like anything
loathing
scathing
soothing
sunbathing
sure thing
teething
the first thing
the other thing
the real thing
the thing
Worthing

Synonyms and antonyms of northing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «northing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NORTHING

Find out the translation of northing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of northing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «northing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

北距
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

northing
570 millions of speakers

English

northing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाथिंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

northing
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

широта
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

northing
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উত্তরাভিমুখে গমন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ordonnée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendahului
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hochwert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

北進
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

X 좌표
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sisih lor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường đi về hướng bắc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

northing
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्तर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kuzey doğrultusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

northing
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

northing
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

широта
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Northing
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

northing
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

northing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

northing
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

northing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of northing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NORTHING»

The term «northing» is regularly used and occupies the 83.255 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NORTHING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «northing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «northing» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about northing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NORTHING»

Discover the use of northing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to northing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wilderness Survival: 2nd Edition
UTM grid coordinates are expressed as a distance in meters to the east (called easting) and to the north (called northing). All easting coordinates relate to the zone's central meridian, which is assigned an easting value of 500,000 meters east.
Gregory J. Davenport, 2006
2
Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009
The first thing to know is that the survey functionality in Civil 3D doesn't use the old Point, Northing, Easting, Zed (elevation), Description (PNEZD) text file, but uses the raw data from your data collector to process an Autodesk field book ( FBK) ...
James Wedding, P.E., Dana Probert, E.I.T., 2011
3
Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science
easting, and 3,693,903 m northing. This places the point 177,589 m west of the CM and 3,693,903 m north of the equator on the projection surface. For the same position, the MGRS designator would be 18SUB2241193903, the concatenation  ...
Karen Kemp, 2008
4
GPS Outdoors: A Practical Guide for Outdoor Enthusiasts
The widest portion of the easting zone occurs Thus, a northing value of 4290998 indicates a point that is 4,290,998 meters north of the equator. An easting value of 306777 only references the UTM zone, which is 18 in this case. All UTM zones  ...
Russell Helms, 2013
5
The Best in Tent Camping: Pennsylvania: A Guide for Car ...
In the UTM coordinates box on the first page of each hike are three numbers labeled zone, easting, and northing. Here's an example from Salt Springs State Park (page 38): UTM Zone (NAD27) 18T Easting 428244 Northing 4640240 The zone ...
Matt Willen, 2013
6
SQL Pocket Guide
Choose the method that delivers the results that work best in your application. NOTE You don't need to specify a PARTITION BY clause in front of an ORDER BY. For example, RANK() OVER (ORDER BY northing DESC) will rank the current ...
Jonathan Gennick, 2010
7
Reading tropical maps
Step 3: Take the northing of the centre of the school. The centre is six-tenths (6) of the distance from northing 37. Therefore the northing of the school is 376. • Step 4: Give the easting before the northing. The six-figure grid reference of the ...
R. B. Bunnett, 2003
8
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Baltimore: Including Anne Arundel, ...
Within the UTM coordinates box on the first page of each hike, there are three numbers labeled zone, easting, and northing. Here is an example from Herring Run–Lake Montebello Park on page 51: UTM Zone (WSG84) 18S Easting 363869 ...
Evan Balkan, 2013
9
Subterraneous Surveying with and Without the Magnetic Needle
with accuracy, by an instrument whose magnetic needle may have any known variation whatever, by referring to Art. 56. The nature and use of the Traverse Tables. (59.) Thus, if it is required to know the northing and easting of N 18° E 56 links, ...
Thomas Fenwick, Thomas Baker, 1892
10
Motorboating - ND
If 8.66025 appears first, then your calculator shows northing in the visible (x) register. Use the key to exchange the x and y registers, and see the other value. The casting is 5.0000. It is a good idea to write down the procedure, but the above ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NORTHING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term northing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Profile: Nazar Nazarian at 90
He was a visionary with an interesting quirk: northing seemed impossible to him. He embarked upon major projects and he achieved them ... «The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, Jul 15»
2
Pre-Season Results: Important or Irrelevant?
Wanderers' pre-season form has been northing short of woeful for the last three years. In addition to last night's defeat to Morecambe and the ... «Lion of Vienna Suite, Jul 15»
3
Institution matters, not individuals, says Upalokayukta
I have northing to hide here,” he added. On the allegation by retired Upalokayukta Justice S B Majage that he (Justice Adi) had disposed of ... «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
4
Melton Summer Pool League: Monkey Magic extends Duke's …
Both Josh Northing and Ralph Earnshaw scored hat-tricks as Gambler's Anonymous beat Bears on Powder, 6-3, and Deaf Lads Pool reclaimed ... «Melton Times, Jul 15»
5
Police Reports: Brookfield, Riverside and Lyons for July 1
Northing was reported missing from the garage and the estimated cost of the damage was $50. • The front door of a residence was reported ... «Suburban Life Publications, Jul 15»
6
IOM, Government of Rwanda honour gains made by Rwandan …
... beneficiaries because it supports them to become economically independent,” said the IOM Chief of Mission for Rwanda, Catherine Northing. «News Hour, Jul 15»
7
GTA 5 DLC, New Features July 2015: Online Casino To 'Open Soon'
Earlier it has been speculated that the casino might open June 10, but so far northing has come out of that. Rockstar, though, has so far been ... «MNR Daily, Jul 15»
8
Turkey and entering northern Syria
This time, statements on entering northing Syria are clear, as Turkey has said it will not allow a Kurdish corridor along its southern border. «Al-Arabiya, Jun 15»
9
'Nothing normal' about this session
... Dawn Hill, D-York, and House Speaker Mark Eves, D-Berwick, agree that there has been “northing normal” about this legislative session. «York County Coast Star, Jun 15»
10
Sabina Discovers Gold Mineralization Outside of Banded Iron …
From Length Au Hole Id Target Easting Northing Depth (m) To (m) (m)(g/t) Lithology ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»

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