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| Domain | Definition |
Geography | The direction from an observer's position to the geographic North Pole. The north direction of any geographic meridian. Source: European Union. (references) |
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True north is compared to:
On maps issued by the United States military, the U.S. Geographical Survey, and the U.S. Navy, true north is marked with a line terminating in a five-pointed star.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "True north."
Crosswords: TRUE NORTH |
| English words defined with "TRUE NORTH": Agonic line ♦ Isogonic lines ♦ magnetic declination, magnetic variation ♦ Variation of the needle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "TRUE NORTH": grid convergence ♦ magnetic deviation, map grid ♦ true azimuth ♦ whole-circle bearing. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Using a magnetometer to measure the declination Declination is the angle between true north and magnetic north. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The boundaries of East Prussia, with the reservations made in Section IX (East Prussia) of Part III, will be determined as follows: from a point on the coast of the Baltic Sea about 1 1/2 kilometres north of Probbernau church in a direction of about 159 East from true North: a line to be fixed on the ground for about 2 kilometres; thence in a straight line to the light at the bend of the Elbing Channel in approximately latitude 54 19 1/2' North, longitude 19 26' East of Greenwich; thence to the easternmost mouth of the Nogat River at a bearing of approximately 209 East from true North; thence up the course of the Nogat River to the point where the latter leaves the Vistula (Weichsel);thence up the principal channel of navigation of the Vistula, then the southern boundary of the Kreis of Marienwerder, then that of the Kreis of Rosenberg eastwards to the point where it meets the old boundary of East Prussia, thence the old boundary between East and West Prussia, then the boundary between the Kreise of Osterode and Neidenburg, then the course of the river Skottau downstream, then the course of the Neide upstream to a point situated about 5 kilometres west of Bialutten being the nearest point to the old frontier of Russia; thence in an easterly direction to a point immediately south of the intersection of the road Neidenburg-Mlava with the old frontier of Russia: a line to be fixed on the ground passing north of Bialutten; thence the old frontier of Russia to a point east of Schmalleningken, then the principal channel of navigation of the Niemen (Memel) downstream, then the Skierwieth arm of the delta to the Kurisches Haff; thence a straight line to the point where the eastern shore of the Kurische Nehrung meets the administrative boundary about 4 kilometres south-west of Nidden; thence this administrative boundary to the western shore of the Kurische Nehrung. (reference) |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | True North Communications, Inc. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
true north | 120 |
true north log home | 12 |
true north communication | 5 |
true north pack | 3 |
true north golf | 2 |
true north advertising | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "TRUE NORTH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sand nord, geografisk nord. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | geografisch noorden. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tähtitieteellinen pohjoissuunta, napapohjoinen, maantieteellinen pohjoinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nord vrai ou géographique, nord géographique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Geografisch-Nord | Geographisch-Nord, geografische Nordrichtung | geographische Nordrichtung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γεωγραφικός βορράς. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | valódi észak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | twoaie firrinagh, twoaie chiart. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uetray orthnay norte geográfico. (various references) nordul geografic. (various references) norte geográfico. (various references) geografiskt norr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-n-o-r-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: horrent, norther, torrent, torture. | |
-3 letters: hornet, hotter, hunter, hurter, nother, nutter, retorn, retort, return, rhetor, rotten, rotter, router, tenour, tenuto, throne, torten, tother, tourer, touter, turner, turret. | |
-4 letters: heron, honer, north, noter, other, otter, outer, outre, rerun, retro, rotte, rouen, route, routh, tenor, tenth, thorn, throe, toner, torte, toter, trone, troth, trout, truer. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-n-o-r-r-t-t-u" | |
+3 letters: interwrought, photocurrent, thunderstorm. | |
+4 letters: counterthreat, counterthrust, photocurrents, thunderstorms, thunderstroke. | |
+5 letters: counterthreats, counterthrusts, thunderstrokes. | |
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