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false northings

false northings is the plural of false northing.

Meaning of false northing

Noun

false northing (plural false northings)

  1. A value relating to distance north of a standard latitude but with a constant added to make the numbers convenient. For instance, in UTM, the Southern Hemisphere is assigned negative degrees of latitude, but to avoid negative numbers in northings, a constant value of 10,000,000 is added so that negative numbers for northings do not occur.

Questions about false northings

What is false northings the plural of?
False northings is the plural of false northing.

Words near false northings in the dictionary

  1. false negative
  2. false negatives
  3. false nine
  4. false nines
  5. false northing
  6. false northings
  7. false note
  8. false notes
  9. false number 9
  10. false number 9s
  11. false nutmeg

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