northnessn.

Brit.

/ˈnɔːθnəs/, U.S.

/ˈnɔrθnəs/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: north adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < north adj. + -ness suffix. Compare northernness n.

†1. A magnetic quality associated with the north pole of a magnet. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [noun] > quality

northness1832

northernness1853

northernism1856

1832 M. Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 122 190 If the action of a north magnetic pole were to produce a southness in the nearest part of the copper plate, and a diffuse northness elsewhere.

1854 Orr's Circle Sci.: Chem. 263 Experimenters believed that either northness or southness in a magnet..might be capable each of an individual existence.

1855 Sci. Amer. 19 May 288/1 The ‘northness’ and ‘southness’ of a magnet, Professor Faraday..said, took place in curved lines outside..a magnet.

2. The state or condition of being (relatively) northerly in direction, position, or orientation. Cf. northernness n. 1.

ΚΠ

1867 I. I. Hayes Open Polar Sea xxxv. 345 Long lines of cackling geese..winging their way to some more remote point of northness.

1937 Philos. Rev. 46 397 In asserting ‘Edinburgh is north of London’ we are accepting some basic criterion of northness.

1993 Ecology 74 1569/1 Topography was summarized for each plot by calculating an index of northness.

3. Northern quality or character. Cf. northernness n. 2.

ΚΠ

1942 Sociometry 5 333 Northness has apparently made no such intrinsic appeal to the Colored as westness has made to the Whites.

2001 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 2 Sept. (Mag. section) c30 Some North Dakotans want to change ‘North Dakota’. Specifically, they don't like the word ‘North’, which connotes a certain northness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	northness
释义	northnessn. Brit. /ˈnɔːθnəs/, U.S. /ˈnɔrθnəs/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: north adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < north adj. + -ness suffix. Compare northernness n. †1. A magnetic quality associated with the north pole of a magnet. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [noun] > quality northness1832 northernness1853 northernism1856 1832 M. Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 122 190 If the action of a north magnetic pole were to produce a southness in the nearest part of the copper plate, and a diffuse northness elsewhere. 1854 Orr's Circle Sci.: Chem. 263 Experimenters believed that either northness or southness in a magnet..might be capable each of an individual existence. 1855 Sci. Amer. 19 May 288/1 The ‘northness’ and ‘southness’ of a magnet, Professor Faraday..said, took place in curved lines outside..a magnet. 2. The state or condition of being (relatively) northerly in direction, position, or orientation. Cf. northernness n. 1. ΚΠ 1867 I. I. Hayes Open Polar Sea xxxv. 345 Long lines of cackling geese..winging their way to some more remote point of northness. 1937 Philos. Rev. 46 397 In asserting ‘Edinburgh is north of London’ we are accepting some basic criterion of northness. 1993 Ecology 74 1569/1 Topography was summarized for each plot by calculating an index of northness. 3. Northern quality or character. Cf. northernness n. 2. ΚΠ 1942 Sociometry 5 333 Northness has apparently made no such intrinsic appeal to the Colored as westness has made to the Whites. 2001 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 2 Sept. (Mag. section) c30 Some North Dakotans want to change ‘North Dakota’. Specifically, they don't like the word ‘North’, which connotes a certain northness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832
随便看	θ133588 θ133589 θ13359 θ133590 θ133591 θ133592 θ133593 θ133594 θ133595 θ133596 θ133597 θ133598 θ133599 θ1336 θ13360 θ133600 θ133601 θ133602 θ133603 θ133604 θ133605 θ133606 θ133607 θ133608 θ133609