compass rose
There are four cardinal directions -North -East -South -West The directions between the cardinal directions are called intermediate directions -The direction between North and East is called North-East -The direction between South and East is called South-East -The direction between South and West is called South-West -The direction between North and West is called North-West -RAD
intermediate points between north, south, east & west is the compass rose
The in between directions are called intermediate directions.
Halfway between North and East is northeast. It's the same for the others. They're called intermediate or intercardinal directions.
The four cardinal directions are referred to as cardinal because they are the four main origin directions. if you look up the word cardinal in the dictionary one of the definitions is as follows...1. of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
Cardinal directions or cardinal points.
North, South, East, and West are the Cardinal DirectionsThe definition is one of the four principal compass points north, south, east, and west; also called cardinal point
North, south, east and west are all referred to as cardinal directions.
There are four primary intermediate compass directions: northeast (NE), southeast (SE), southwest (SW), and northwest (NW). Each of these directions is halfway between the two directions in their names: NE is 45o, SE is 135o, SW is 225o, and NW is 315o. Intermediate directions are also known as ordinal or intercardinal directions, as differentiated from the four cardinal directions (north, south, east, and west). Additional intermediate directions can be named as variations on the above; for example, north-northeast (NNE) and east-northeast (ENE). Note that in some circles, the term "intermediate directions" applies only to the eight three-letter intermediate directions (NNE, ENE, ESE, SSE, SSW, WSW, WNW, & NNW), the two-letter directions being called "half cardinals."
The four cardinal points on a compass are North, South, East, and West.
they are north,northeast.,northwest.east southeast,south,southwest, and of course southe east The "Cardinal directions" are North, East, South, and West; Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest are called intermediate direction. -------------------------------------- Sorry, but you answerers forgot about "up" and "down" as well. The term derives from Proto-Germanic languages, replacing Latin terminology.
They're called "ordinal directions": northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest.