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southnesses

southnesses is the plural of southness.

Meaning of southness

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

Questions about southnesses

What is southnesses the plural of?
Southnesses is the plural of southness.

Words near southnesses in the dictionary

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

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