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cardinal directionnoun
Any of the four principal compass directions - north, east, south and west.
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Cardinal direction
The four cardinal directions, or cardinal points, are the four main compass directions: north, south, east, and west, commonly denoted by their initials N, S, E, and W respectively. Relative to north, the directions east, south, and west are at 90 degree intervals in the clockwise direction. The ordinal directions (also called the intercardinal directions) are northeast (NE), southeast (SE), southwest (SW), and northwest (NW).
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Cardinal direction
The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the directions of north, east, south, and west, commonly denoted by their initials: N, E, S, W. East and west are at right angles to north and south, with east being in the clockwise direction of rotation and west being directly opposite. Intermediate points between the four cardinal directions form the points of the compass. The intermediate directions are northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest. On Earth, upright observers facing north will have south behind them, east on their right, and west on their left. Most devices and methods for orientation therefore operate by finding north first, although any other direction is equally valid, if it can be reliably located. Several of these devices and methods are described below.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cardinal direction in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cardinal direction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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- اتجاه سماويArabic
- světová stranaCzech
- HimmelsrichtungGerman
- κατευθυντική κατεύθυνσηGreek
- dirección cardinalSpanish
- प्रधान दिHindi
- arah kardinalIndonesian
- direzione cardinaleItalian
- 基本方位Japanese
- kardinale richtingDutch
- Direção cardinalPortuguese
- кардинальное направлениеRussian
- கார்டினல் திசையில்Tamil
- Ana yonTurkish
- کارڈنل سمتUrdu
- hướng cốt yếuVietnamese
- 主方向Chinese
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