northing

1. The cardinal point on the mariner's compass270= clockwise from due north and directly opposite east.
   西航海者指南针上的基本方向，即从正北按顺时针方向转270度，正对着东方
2. The capital of New Zealand, on an inlet of Cook Strait in extreme southern North Island. It was founded in1840 and supplanted Auckland as capital in1865. Population, 133,200.
   威灵顿新西兰的首都，位于新西兰北岛最南端的库克海峡的小港内。建于1840年，在1865年它代替奥克兰成为首都。人口133, 200
3. A municipal borough of central England north of Nottingham. It is an industrial center in a coal-mining region. Population, 99,900.
   曼斯菲尔德英国中部的一个市级行政区，位于诺丁汉以北，是采煤地区的工业中心。人口99, 900
4. A region and former duchy of central Germany north and east of the Main and Rhine rivers. The region became a duchy in1806 and was absorbed by Prussia in1866. Members of the original dynasty subsequently ruled Luxembourg and the Netherlands(as the house of Orange).
   拿骚一个地区，从前为中德的领地，位于美因河和莱茵河的北部和东部。该地区在1806年成为领地并于1866年被普鲁士接收。原先的王朝成员相继统治了卢森堡和荷兰(作为奥兰治的王室)

north.ing

n.（名词）
The difference in latitude between two positions as a result of a movement to the north.
南北距：作为向北运动结果的两个地点之间的纬度差距
Progress toward the north.
北航：向北行进