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noun
Northing  n.  
1.
(Surv. & Navigation) Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; opposed to southing.
2.
(Astron.) The distance of any heavenly body from the equator northward; north declination.





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"Northing" Quotes from Famous Books



... zenith or nadir, the gravitation of bodies on the earth's surface will be greatest at the two opposite quadratures; that is, the greatest gravitation of bodies on the earth's surface towards her center during the lunar day is about six hours and an half after the southing, or after the northing of the moon. ...
— Zoonomia, Vol. II - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin
... is a little lift, and, for a moment only, a bright light blazes over the starboard bow. The captain counts it a light upon one of the headlands of the Jersey shore; and he orders the helmsman (she is sailing in the eye of an easy westerly breeze) to give her a couple of points more "northing"; and the yards and sheets are trimmed accordingly. The ship pushes on more steadily as she opens to the wind, and the mists and coming night ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 • Various


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