northeasterly in English

adjective

moving or facing northeastward; situated in the northeast; coming from the northeast

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1. Thereafter, east-northeasterly winds aloft led to vertical wind shear which weakened Owen.

2. After leaving there en route to Phoenix, a northeasterly gale seized the ship.

3. Small dunes in the surrounding landscape testified to the accumulation of loose sand deposited by northeasterly winds.

4. These results suggest that there may be a shift from allogamy to autogamy in a northeasterly direction across southern Ontario.

5. Although normally dry and leeward, the traditional easterly (to northeasterly) tradewinds slacken and reverse during one of these cyclones.

6. Northeasterly trending, tholeiitic, low-alkali basaltic dikes which cut the Archean rocks of northeastern Manitoba have yielded a paleomagnetic pole at 114°W, 28°N, α95 = 12°.

7. This spit of land however extends more than 20 kilometers from the mainland in a northeasterly direction and its tip, Punta Hicacos, is the northernmost point of the island of Cuba.

8. A small stream which rises near Birsit Hill, flows in a northeasterly direction and after a short course it is called Little Fen Burn it then runs into Thorter Burn: SNAWDON HILL: Snawdon Hill: See Name Book Plan 15 D: 015; 016 [situation] About 2 Miles South West by South from Castle Moffat See Name Book Plan 15 D.

9. The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of Denmark at 57o00′ north; then due west to 8o00′ east; then due north to 57o30′ north; then due west to the coast of Scotland; then in a southerly direction along the coasts of Scotland and England to a point at 53o30′ north; then due east to the coast of Germany; then in a northeasterly direction along the coast of Jutland to Thyboroen; then in a southerly and easterly direction along the south coast of the Limfjord to Egensekloster Point; then across the eastern entrance of the Limfjord to Hals; then in a westerly direction along the north coast of the Limfjord to the southernmost point of Agger Tange; then in a northerly direction along the west coast of Jutland to the point of beginning.

10. The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of Denmark at #o#′ north; then due west to #o#′ east; then due north to #o#′ north; then due west to the coast of Scotland; then in a southerly direction along the coasts of Scotland and England to a point at #o#′ north; then due east to the coast of Germany; then in a northeasterly direction along the coast of Jutland to Thyboroen; then in a southerly and easterly direction along the south coast of the Limfjord to Egensekloster Point; then across the eastern entrance of the Limfjord to Hals; then in a westerly direction along the north coast of the Limfjord to the southernmost point of Agger Tange; then in a northerly direction along the west coast of Jutland to the point of beginning

11. — The waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the west coast of Denmark at 57o00′ north; then due west to 8o00′ east; then due north to 57o30′ north; then due west to the coast of Scotland; then in a southerly direction along the coasts of Scotland and England to a point at 53o30′ north; then due east to the coast of Germany; then in a northeasterly direction along the coast of Jutland to Thyboroen; then in a southerly and easterly direction along the south coast of the Limfjord to Egensekloster Point; then across the eastern entrance of the Limfjord to Hals; then in a westerly direction along the north coast of the Limfjord to the southernmost point of Agger Tange; then in a northerly direction along the west coast of Jutland to the point of beginning.