ESE
Between east, southeast
ESE is east-southeast, the compass direction halfway between east and southeast.
It appears on nautical charts and in weather reports: Winds shifting to ESE at fifteen knots.
Like other compound compass abbreviations, it's usually read as separate letters rather than pronounced as a word.
Device showing cardinal directions
- bearingPosture or orientation
- navigationDetermining position and course
- azimuthHorizontal directional angle
- headingDirectional course traveled
nautical · cardinal · ordinal · meteorology · sailing · aviation · waypoint · course
Clichéd media writing style
- legaleseAttorneys' technical jargon
- officialesePompous administrative writing
- computereseTechnical vocabulary of programming
- bureaucrateseWordy governmental language
jargon · gobbledygook · cant · argot · doublespeak · corporatese · academese · medicalese
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
- bearingPosture or orientation
- navigationDetermining position and course
- azimuthHorizontal directional angle
heading · nautical · cardinal · ordinal · meteorology · sailing · aviation · waypoint · course · orientation
journalese
Clichéd media writing style
- legaleseAttorneys' technical jargon
- officialesePompous administrative writing
- computereseTechnical vocabulary of programming
bureaucratese · jargon · gobbledygook · cant · argot · doublespeak · corporatese · academese · medicalese · educationese
east, eastern, easterly, eastward, eastwards, northeast, southeast, northeastern, southeastern