northness

English

Etymology

From north +‎ -ness.

Noun

northness (usually uncountable, plural northnesses)

1. A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point to the north.
   • 1852, Michael Faraday, On the Physical Character of the Lines of Magnetic Force:

     an absolute northness or southness

References

“northness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.