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单词 north-easting
释义 north-ˈeasting, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. north-east + -ing1.]
The variation of the compass from the true north in the direction of north-east.
1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 348 Neyther shulde the needle make anye chaunge or dyffer in northestinge.1561Arte Navig. A iij, The maner and causes of the Northeastinge & Norwesting (commonly called the variation of the compasse).1594Blundevil Exerc. iii. vii. (1636) 384 In every other place the Compasse doth vary from the true North, either by Northeasting or Northwesting.a1646J. Gregory Posthuma, Maps & Charts (1650) 311 The several Degrees of Variation of the Compass in North-easting or North-westing.
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