Meaning & use
Southing
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Distance or movement traveled toward the south, especially as measured in navigation; also, the culmination of a celestial body due south.
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The ship's log recorded a southing of forty miles since noon.
Navigators once timed a star's southing to help calculate their position.
A note on using this word
A specialized nautical and astronomical term, paired with its opposite, 'northing.'
Words with an opposite meaning
northing
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