north south
Vertical compass axis
North south describes orientation or movement along the axis connecting Earth's poles—the vertical line on most maps.
As an adjective, it modifies things aligned this way: a north-south highway, the north-south corridor.
The phrase often appears in discussions of geographic or political divisions: the north-south divide in the country.
Also hyphenated as north-south.
- eastSunrise cardinal point
- westCardinal direction toward sunset
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- directionWay something faces
- poleCylindrical shaft or extremity
arctic · hemisphere · latitude · migration · magnetic · border · civil war · cardinal · equator · uptown · downtown · meridian · polar · frontier · divide · orientation · tropics · opposing
- MMAMMA, mixed martial arts, UFC, octagon, cage
- fighting stancesfighting stance, orthodox stance, southpaw stance, defensive stance, guard stance
- restraintshandcuffs, shackles, chains, ropes, cuffs
north southeast-west
Along the horizon's span
lateral · horizontal · longitudinal · transverse · parallel
north, south, northern, southern, northerly, southerly, northward, southward, northwards