North vs Subantarctic - What's the difference?
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One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map.
The up or positive direction.
Above or higher
(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).
Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
Toward the north; northward.
* 1987 , Ana María Brull Vázquez, Rosa E. Casas, Cuba , page 23:
(meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
* 2001 , Joseph R Miller, Pipe Tobacco and Wool :
(colloquial) More or greater than.
Toward the north; northward.
(obsolete) To turn or move toward the north.
* 1769 , Henry Wilson, William Hume, Surveying improved (page 239)
Pertaining to a region in the Southern Hemisphere immediately north of Antarctica and covering the many islands of the southern parts of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, which are north of the .
As adjectives the difference between north and subantarctic
is that north is of or pertaining to the north; northern while subantarctic is pertaining to a region in the Southern Hemisphere immediately north of Antarctica and covering the many islands of the southern parts of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, which are north of the Antarctic Convergence.As a noun north
is one of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map.As an adverb north
is toward the north; northward.As a verb north
is to turn or move toward the north.As a proper noun North
is the Union during the American Civil War.north
English
(wikipedia north)Noun
(-)- Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
- Stock prices are heading north .
- The price you're offering had better be north of the highest price this company has ever traded for.'' - Tom Aldredge in the movie ''
Derived terms
* grid north * magnetic north * north by east * north by west * northbound * northeast * northerly * northern * northerner * northing * north-northeast * north-northwest * north of the border * northward * northwardly * northwards * northwest * true northAntonyms
* (l)Coordinate terms
* (compass point) (l), (l), (l)Adjective
(-)- He lived in north Germany .
- She entered through the north gate.
- The most dangerous ones are those that develop during October and November and that follow a north path affecting the western part of the island.
- The north wind was cold.
- north highway 1
- Traffic was doing the speed limit on North I-45 one minute and had come to a stand-still the next.
- The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.
Synonyms
* (of the north) (l)Antonyms
* (l)Adverb
(-)- Switzerland is north of Italy.
- We headed north .
Antonyms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- When at B you had northed 3.71
