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false northing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
false nor-thing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A value relating to distance north of a standard latitude but with a constant added to make the numbers convenient. For instance, in UTM, the Southern Hemisphere is assigned negative degrees of latitude, but to avoid negative numbers in northings, a constant value of 10,000,000 is added so that negative numbers for northings do not occur.

Inflected Forms

false northings (plural)

Phrases

false easting

Frequently Paired Words

false easting

Questions

What does false northing mean?
A value relating to distance north of a standard latitude but with a constant added to make the numbers convenient. For instance, in UTM, the Southern Hemisphere is assigned negative degrees of latitude, but to avoid negative numbers in northings, a constant value of 10,000,000 is added so that negative numbers for northings do not occur.

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