Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The direction or point on the mariner's compass halfway between due east and northeast, or 67°30ʹ east of due north.
- adj. To, toward, of, facing, or in the east-northeast.
- adv. In, from, or toward the east-northeast.
Wiktionary
- n. The compass bearing or compass point halfway between east and northeast, specifically 67.5°.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. that which lies 221/2° to the north or south of east, or half way between east and northeast or southeast, respectively. See
Illust. of Compass.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the compass point midway between northeast and east
Examples
“The cathedral was built, as most cathedrals in the German Empire at that time, with two choirs, an east choir for the high altar, and a west choir were the Emperor and his court would assist (remember that the Roman Emperors of the middle ages had no fixed capital, but moved from city to city; actually, Bamberg cathedral is not exactly oriented, thus the east choir is actually east-northeast, and west choir west-southwest).”
“Early Sunday, Ida was centered about 70 miles (115 kilometers) east-northeast of Cozumel as well as moving northwest during about twelve mph (19 kph).”
“On Sunday night, the National Hurricane Center said Lee's center was about 55 miles (90 kilometers) west-northwest of McComb, Mississippi and moving east-northeast at 7 mph (11 kph).”
“Once we crossed the low divide, I kept us heading east-northeast; we found no trails beneath the endless spreading trees.”
“Its center was 800 miles 1,290 kilometers east-northeast of Bermuda.”
USA Today: Hurricane Dora reaches Cat. 4 strength off Mexico
“Each day we rose just before dawn, ate, packed, and started walking, seeking our way through the maze of game trails that led east-northeast.”
“Franklin was about 605 miles northeast of Bermuda and was moving east-northeast over the open Atlantic, away from the British island and away from the United States.”
The Huffington Post: Tropical Storm Franklin strengthens slightly
“Located about 140 miles east-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Earl is moving west-northwest at 15 mph and is spreading hurricane conditions across the northern Virgin Islands.”
The Washington Post: Hurricane Earl could be close call for East Coast
“Therefore, Tibbets held the steep, diving right-hand turn, recovering east-northeast.”
“Ultimately, the storm system developed a hurricane-like eye off the mid-Atlantic coast and, after hitting the New York region with about a foot of snow, skirted off toward the east-northeast, sparing most of New England.”
The Washington Post: Forecasting turkeys: Bad predictions since 1970
Lists
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
priorship, exigeant, refectory, reestablish, capper, reesed, quar, reprune, orificial, reaming-iron, terminist, terminism and 3097 more...
Tweets
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