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Noun
S:
(n)
west northwest
,
WNW
(the compass point midway between west and northwest)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
compass point
,
point
(any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass)
"he checked the point on his compass"
S:
(n)
cardinal compass point
(one of the four main compass points)
S:
(n)
north by east
,
NbE
(the compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north)
S:
(n)
north northeast
,
nor'-nor'-east
,
NNE
(the compass point that is midway between north and northeast)
S:
(n)
northeast by north
,
NEbN
(the compass point that is one point north of northeast)
S:
(n)
northeast
,
nor'-east
,
northeastward
,
NE
(the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees)
S:
(n)
northeast by east
,
NEbE
(the compass point that is one point east of northeast)
S:
(n)
east northeast
,
ENE
(the compass point midway between northeast and east)
S:
(n)
east by north
,
EbN
(the compass point that is one point north of due east)
S:
(n)
east by south
,
EbS
(the compass point that is one point south of due east)
S:
(n)
east southeast
,
ESE
(the compass point midway between east and southeast)
S:
(n)
southeast by east
,
SEbE
(the compass point that is one point east of southeast)
S:
(n)
southeast
,
sou'-east
,
southeastward
,
SE
(the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees)
S:
(n)
southeast by south
,
SEbS
(the compass point that is one point south of southeast)
S:
(n)
south southeast
,
sou'-sou'-east
,
SSE
(the compass point midway between south and southeast)
S:
(n)
south by east
,
SbE
(the compass point that is one point east of due south)
S:
(n)
south by west
,
SbW
(the compass point that is one point west of due south)
S:
(n)
south southwest
,
sou'-sou'-west
,
SSW
(the compass point midway between south and southwest)
S:
(n)
southwest by south
,
SWbS
(the compass point that is one point south of southwest)
S:
(n)
southwest
,
sou'-west
,
southwestward
,
SW
(the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees)
S:
(n)
southwest by west
,
SWbW
(the compass point that is one point west of southwest)
S:
(n)
west southwest
,
WSW
(the compass point midway between west and southwest)
S:
(n)
west by south
,
WbS
(the compass point that is one point south of due west)
S:
(n)
west by north
,
WbN
(the compass point that is one point north of due west)
S:
(n)
west northwest
,
WNW
(the compass point midway between west and northwest)
S:
(n)
northwest by west
,
NWbW
(the compass point that is one point west of northwest)
S:
(n)
northwest
,
nor'-west
,
northwestward
,
NW
(the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees)
S:
(n)
northwest by north
,
NWbN
(the compass point that is one point north of northwest)
S:
(n)
north northwest
,
nor'-nor'-west
,
NNW
(the compass point that is midway between north and northwest)
S:
(n)
north by west
,
NbW
(the compass point that is one point west of due north)