northing

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The distance north of a standard reference latitude.
2. noun A distance traveled northward.
3. verb present participle and gerund of north

Similar words

magnetic north northerly union northmost northernmost northwestward northbound northwards northeastward northwesterly

Often followed by

and of in coordinates easting value coordinate number numbers

Word family

northings