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EAST BY NORTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does east by north mean?
• EAST BY NORTH (noun)
The noun EAST BY NORTH has 1 sense:
1. the compass point that is one point north of due east
Familiarity information: EAST BY NORTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The compass point that is one point north of due east
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
east by north; EbN
Hypernyms ("east by north" is a kind of...):
compass point; point (any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass)
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