Hypertext Webster Gateway: "northing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Northing \North"ing\, 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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