The direction in which a compass needle points.
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Examples for "north "
Examples for "north "
1 However, it was higher among migrants from north Africa and eastern Europe.
2 The other sector will hold GEMS' assets in Europe and north America.
3 The once-quiet north of Afghanistan has seen escalating violence in recent years.
4 But, in contrast, Sydney's north will actually have good air quality today.
5 Political patronage remains important for doing business in the north African state.
1 I set it up and snapped it to mark out magnetic north .
2 Her fixed point, her magnetic north - but now everything was being moved.
3 When transferring from map to field, rotate the compass housing toward magnetic north .
4 Keep in mind that magnetic north changes slightly each year.
5 The Sun switches its polarity, its magnetic north and south, once every 11 years.
1 At noon the south-easternmost Deserter bore by compass north 17°.
2 Accordingly, he turned the craft about, gave it full reef, and started by the compass north but, in fact, directly south.
3 As with you, so also with us, there are four points of the compass North , South, East, and West.
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