southness

English

Etymology

south +‎ -ness

Noun

southness (countable and uncountable, plural southnesses)

1. A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole.
   • 1852, Michael Faraday, On the Physical Character of the Lines of Magnetic Force:

     an absolute northness or southness

References

“southness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.