north
noun
/noɹθ/
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/noːθ/
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/nɔəθ/
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/nɔː(ɹ)θ/
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/nɔːθ/
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[no̞ɹθ]
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- The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.
- The up or positive direction.
- (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
- Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”). [circa 1300]
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.
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nord,
septentrion
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north
adjective
/noɹθ/
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/noːθ/
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/nɔəθ/
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/nɔː(ɹ)θ/
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/nɔːθ/
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[no̞ɹθ]
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nord,
boréal,
septentrional
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- (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
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nord
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