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southness

southness noun: a tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole.

Noun

southness (countable and uncountable, plural southnesses)

  1. A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole.
    • an absolute northness or southness1852, Michael Faraday, On the Physical Character of the Lines of Magnetic Force

Forms of southness

pluralsouthnesses

Origin of southness

From south + -ness.

Questions about southness

What does southness mean?
Southness means a tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole.
What part of speech is southness?
Southness is a noun.
What is the plural of southness?
The plural of southness is southnesses.

Words near southness in the dictionary

  1. southlands
  2. southly
  3. Southmead
  4. Southminster
  5. southmost
  6. southness
  7. southnesses
  8. Southold
  9. Southon
  10. Southover
  11. southpaw

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