cardinal point


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cardinal point

n.
One of the four principal directions on a compass: north, south, east, or west.
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cardinal point

One of the four principal directions on a compass; north, south, east, or west.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
světová strana
Haupthimmelsrichtung
põhi-ilmakaar
pääilmansuunta
point cardinal
höfuðátt
kardinalstreck
References in classic literature ?
In fact, four men such as they were--four men devoted to one another, from their purses to their lives; four men always supporting one another, never yielding, executing singly or together the resolutions formed in common; four arms threatening the four cardinal points, or turning toward a single point--must inevitably, either subterraneously, in open day, by mining, in the trench, by cunning, or by force, open themselves a way toward the object they wished to attain, however well it might be defended, or however distant it may seem.
Such is the reason of the apparent reversing of these two cardinal points, and we must bear it in mind in order to be able to follow President Barbicane's observations.
"The estate is called Carfax, no doubt a corruption of the old Quatre Face, as the house is four sided, agreeing with the cardinal points of the compass.
The cardinal points were plainly marked on it, and all the usual divisions were indicated in such a manner that no man who had ever steered a ship could mistake them.
The loaded vehicles were to be drawn by hand across a wide distance of plain without track or guide of any sort, except that which the trapper furnished by communicating his knowledge of the cardinal points of the compass.
Following the Charlotte move, Spectrio's Tampa Bay Corporate office expanded into an additional suite in the Cardinal Point at 580 Corporate Center, adding 17 percent more square footage, and opening up space for additional technology and operations team members.
'The GJA has made it a cardinal point to repurpose journalism on the occasion of its platinum anniversary; which means a paradigm move from the obsessive and compulsive NPP/NDC politics to solutions based journalism, which should see the media using the power they wield and influence they peddle to address issues like poor sanitation and indiscipline on our roads', he said, and urged all journalists in the country to help drive the GJA Sanitation and Road Safety Project.
The hate and anti-Muslim sentiments have always remained the cardinal point of BJP politics, which has marginalized Muslims and all other religious minorities in India.
Data from the experiment on the effect of cardinal points on weevil captures were also analyzed with chi-squared tests as a contingency table 2 x 4 (recapture x cardinal point).
South: A cardinal point on a |compass, directly opposite north.
Bell Henderson Real Estate is partnered with developer Cardinal Point Management, LLC and designed by multi-award-winning and nationally-accredited Balber Architechture Inc., in the development of the brand new Urban North townhomes community in Tampa Metro.
Workers at B&Q on Cardinal Point Retail Park, Tamworth, are staging a series of fundraisers for 12-yearold Luke Taylor who needs a powered wheelchair.