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north–southadjective1Extending between the north and the south: the main north-south highway [as adverb]: the trail runs north-south through the park...- The thermal chimneys introduce light into the north–south hallway.
- A large central gutter emphasizes the north–south axis of the roof.
- Running east-west, this intersects with the major retail strip on Church Street, which runs north–south.
1.1 (also North–South) Relating to the relationship between the northern and southern parts of the world or of a country, region, or town: North-South differences were supplanted by the Civil Rights movement...- The North–South divide-and-conquer strategy long followed by the EU and US in previous talks failed miserably on a more important front: it didn't contain a workable back-up plan if the developing countries refused to be pried apart.
- This film makes for both an absorbing thriller and a potent comment on North–South relations.
- This makes the whole plot some kind of metaphor for Italy's perennial North–South identity crisis.
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