southnessn.

Brit.

/ˈsaʊθnəs/, U.S.

/ˈsaʊθnəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: south adv., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < south adv. + -ness suffix. Compare southernness n.

1. Physics. A magnetic quality associated with the south pole of a magnet. rare.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > [noun] > quality

magneticalness1683

southness1832

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..then the use of another north pole on the opposite side of the same part of the plate should double the effect.

1885 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 25 Dec. 344/2 The question is whether we should consider that the magnetic pole is endowed with a specific, actual quality—an absolute northness or southness.

1971 A. B. Bassett Putnam's Geol. (ed. 2) ii. 33 Geologists measuring this past magnetism..were startled to find that in some rocks the polarity of the magnetic field, i.e. the northness and the southness of the poles, was just the reverse of what it is today.

2. The state or condition of being (relatively) southerly in direction, position, or orientation.

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1856 J. R. Young et al. Pract. Astron., Navigation, Naut. Astron., & Meteorol. 481 This circumstance fully explains the deviation from northness and southness of the trade winds.

1944 Sociometry 7 7 The SRQ column informs us that low status.., Manufacturingness, and Southness are indicators of the causes of the retention of superior men.

1989 M. F. Goodchild Accuracy Spatial Databases (1994) ix. 103 Another derivative of elevation, most useful in radiation modelling, is the slope orientation or southness, a combination of slope and aspect.

2005 Jrnl. Torrey Bot. Soc. 132 295/2 We convert aspect into two uncorrelated measures of aspect, Eastness and Southness.

3. Southern quality or character.

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

summer?1440

meridionality1664

southernness1835

southness1930

1930 C. C. Martindale in Monument to St. Augustine 88 Because of a radical South-ness and West-ness in his make-up, he never could find an affinity with Greek.

1959 W. Wasserstrom Heiress of All Ages 97 She can acquire understanding only when she reconciles the northness of her nature with its southness, eastness with westness, chastity with magnetism.

1999 Independent (Nexis) 8 Dec. 5 I moved from Yorkshire to London... I was still trying to work out for myself what northness and southness meant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	southness
释义	southnessn. Brit. /ˈsaʊθnəs/, U.S. /ˈsaʊθnəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: south adv., -ness suffix. Etymology: < south adv. + -ness suffix. Compare southernness n. 1. Physics. A magnetic quality associated with the south pole of a magnet. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > [noun] > quality magneticalness1683 southness1832 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..then the use of another north pole on the opposite side of the same part of the plate should double the effect. 1885 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 25 Dec. 344/2 The question is whether we should consider that the magnetic pole is endowed with a specific, actual quality—an absolute northness or southness. 1971 A. B. Bassett Putnam's Geol. (ed. 2) ii. 33 Geologists measuring this past magnetism..were startled to find that in some rocks the polarity of the magnetic field, i.e. the northness and the southness of the poles, was just the reverse of what it is today. 2. The state or condition of being (relatively) southerly in direction, position, or orientation. ΚΠ 1856 J. R. Young et al. Pract. Astron., Navigation, Naut. Astron., & Meteorol. 481 This circumstance fully explains the deviation from northness and southness of the trade winds. 1944 Sociometry 7 7 The SRQ column informs us that low status.., Manufacturingness, and Southness are indicators of the causes of the retention of superior men. 1989 M. F. Goodchild Accuracy Spatial Databases (1994) ix. 103 Another derivative of elevation, most useful in radiation modelling, is the slope orientation or southness, a combination of slope and aspect. 2005 Jrnl. Torrey Bot. Soc. 132 295/2 We convert aspect into two uncorrelated measures of aspect, Eastness and Southness. 3. Southern quality or character. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [noun] > quality summer?1440 meridionality1664 southernness1835 southness1930 1930 C. C. Martindale in Monument to St. Augustine 88 Because of a radical South-ness and West-ness in his make-up, he never could find an affinity with Greek. 1959 W. Wasserstrom Heiress of All Ages 97 She can acquire understanding only when she reconciles the northness of her nature with its southness, eastness with westness, chastity with magnetism. 1999 Independent (Nexis) 8 Dec. 5 I moved from Yorkshire to London... I was still trying to work out for myself what northness and southness meant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832
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