North By East (Noun)
Meaning
The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- The navigation chart showed the direction of the storm was moving steadily in a north-by-east trajectory.
- She aligned her sail to maximize her boat's speed, adjusting to compensate for the wind coming from north-by-east.
- His skills in dead reckoning navigation were impeccable, but even he got confused by the series of quick turns ending with a bearing of north-by-east.
- They determined their new heading to be due north-by-east and informed air traffic control, expecting some delay.
- If we travel one hundred kilometers in a direction exactly north-by-east from the intersection of Oak Street and Pine, we'll be precisely in line with our company's coordinates.