(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).
northing
(cartography) The distance north of a standard reference latitude.
“Spreading his wings like a black cloud in the sky, the thunderbird flew away to the northland.”
“After years of exaggerating the snow-vocabulary of arctic peoples, suddenly journalists everywhere are obsessed with the allegedly gaping holes in northland lexicons.”
“The soldiers of the northland cried to him for help as often as they did to his father, Woden.”
“Between March and September, strong northerlies blow the whole length of the waterway.”
“With a forecast for light northerlies we head back to Mt. Buffalo.”
“They loom as dark shadows in the consciousness of residents of these states on summer days when strong northerlies, extreme heat, and low humidity follow a long dry period.”
“As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.”
“We all grew up fishing in Wisconsin for bluegills, bass, walleye, northerns and muskie.”
“Champions Eastern Province set the ball rolling with an absorbing encounter against Northerns in the A section of the men's interprovincial hockey tournament on Monday.”
“Old hunters like bitter northers, too, as long as those fronts lose their punch or get swept westward by high pressure somewhere around Dallas.”
“Birders and hunters higher up the flyway catch only fleeting glimpses of some species, especially when early, bitter northers expedite the migratory process.”
“Northers ones, like the Paulins Kill, flows through mountains.”