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Cardinal direction and North

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Difference between Cardinal direction and North

Cardinal direction vs. North

The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the directions north, east, south, and west, commonly denoted by their initials N, E, S, and W. East and west are at right angles to north and south, with east being in the clockwise direction of rotation from north and west being directly opposite east. North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions.

Similarities between Cardinal direction and North

Cardinal direction and North have 18 things in common (in Unionpedia): Ancient Greek, Azimuth, Cardinal direction, Celestial pole, Compass, East, Map, Mesoamerica, Navigation, Northern Hemisphere, Points of the compass, Proto-Indo-European language, Relative direction, South, Sun, Tropic of Cancer, True north, West.

Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Azimuth

An azimuth (from the pl. form of the Arabic noun "السَّمْت" as-samt, meaning "the direction") is an angular measurement in a spherical coordinate system.

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Cardinal direction

The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the directions north, east, south, and west, commonly denoted by their initials N, E, S, and W. East and west are at right angles to north and south, with east being in the clockwise direction of rotation from north and west being directly opposite east.

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Celestial pole

The north and south celestial poles are the two imaginary points in the sky where the Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the celestial sphere.

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Compass

A compass is an instrument used for navigation and orientation that shows direction relative to the geographic cardinal directions (or points).

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East

East is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass.

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Map

A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes.

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Mesoamerica

Mesoamerica is an important historical region and cultural area in the Americas, extending from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica, and within which pre-Columbian societies flourished before the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Navigation

Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.

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Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.

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Points of the compass

The points of the compass mark the divisions on a compass, which is primarily divided into four points: north, south, east, and west.

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Proto-Indo-European language

Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the linguistic reconstruction of the hypothetical common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, the most widely spoken language family in the world.

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Relative direction

The most common relative directions are left, right, forward(s), backward(s), up, and down.

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South

South is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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Tropic of Cancer

The Tropic of Cancer, also referred to as the Northern Tropic, is the most northerly circle of latitude on Earth at which the Sun can be directly overhead.

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True north

True north (also called geodetic north) is the direction along Earth's surface towards the geographic North Pole.

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West

West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass.

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Cardinal direction and North Comparison

Cardinal direction has 191 relations, while North has 72. As they have in common 18, the Jaccard index is 6.84% = 18 / (191 + 72).

References

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