NORTHING

, in Navigation, is the difference of latitude, which a ship makes in sailing northwards.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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NONAGESIMAL
NONAGON
NONES
NONIUS
NORMAL
* NORTHING
NOSTRADAMUS (Michel)
NOTATION
NOTES
NOVEMBER
NUCLEUS