What's the difference between northerly and northern?

Northerly


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.
  • (adv.) Toward the north.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These findings from 2 widely separated little Japanese islands constitute the parasite's most northerly records to date.
  • (2) A radar station at Saxa Vord , now a holiday resort on the UK's most northerly populated island of Unst in Shetland, was down to be hit by a three-megaton bomb.
  • (3) The players Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ed Miliband’s Commons bloc could still be the biggest, in which case a straightforward first call would be to Alasdair McDonnell, leader of Norther Ireland’s SDLP.
  • (4) This extreme coincided with exceptionally strong northerly winds, which were followed by an abrupt southerly change.
  • (5) The northerly region has become a new frontier for exploration since global warming caused ice to melt, oil escalated in value to its current $114 a barrel and the US Geological Survey concluded that almost a quarter of the world's undiscovered oil and gas reserves may lie in the Arctic.
  • (6) The ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has also won several local elections in the country’s western and norther states in the past month, despite the ongoing cash shortages.
  • (7) But it will get worse – by midweek, northerly or north-westerly winds will make us feel chilly, and by Thursday and Friday there are likely to be widespread heavy and thundery showers.
  • (8) This is the most northerly of 14 localities now known for this species in the Pacific northwest.
  • (9) A disease characterized by segments of ischaemic small intestine has been recognized in norther Thailand over the past decade.
  • (10) Weatherzone predicted a “cool change will flush the heat out” of the region at the weekend, however “unfortunately the respite will be short-lived, with warm northerly winds redeveloping across eastern Australia from the beginning of next week”.
  • (11) However, in more northerly climates, photoperiodic control is crucial in avoiding precocious development in the highly variable climatic conditions of early spring.
  • (12) The outer Thames estuary would have been relatively sheltered from northerly offshore winds.
  • (13) An electric storm as people arrive at the more northerly of the Reading and Leeds festival's two sites is an appropriate beginning to what is traditionally the loudest, most tattooed, raucous of the UK festivals.
  • (14) A spokeswoman for the Met Office said on Friday: "Last night saw northerly winds drag cold air from quite a long way north over the UK.
  • (15) Blood serum tocopherol was determined in 44 calves born in the spring from cows that had been fed either timothy grass silage or timothy hay produced in Norther Ontario.
  • (16) Very early snowfalls were noted across parts of the US last weekend, with northerly winds delivering the earliest snow ever recorded to South Carolina.
  • (17) Moving into Honduras, with the sweet sounds of the Guatemalan marimbas floating in on the northerly breeze, we find Café Guancasco taking stock as the new century begins.
  • (18) Twenty years after a desperate banking crisis sparked a deep recession, this most northerly member of the eurozone was hailed on Wednesday as an example to follow by Mario Monti , Italy's prime minister.
  • (19) Factors such as a Northerly geographical situation, low temperatures, the long duration of the disease, improvement in diagnostic methods and a high level of awareness have all influenced this high number of cases found in an area of 200,000 inhabitants.
  • (20) One of these is a cline in D. auraria's phase-shifting response to light, which steadily weakens in a succession of more northerly strains.

Northern


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.
  • (a.) In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Northern Ireland will not be dragged back by terrorists who have nothing but misery to offer."
  • (2) Only the approximately 2.7 kb mRNA species was visualized in Northern blots of total cellular and poly(A+) RNA isolated from cardiac ventricular muscle.
  • (3) In addition to performing Northern and Western blots for tyrosinase, tyrosine hydroxylase activity (THA) and dopa oxidase activity (DOA) were measured.
  • (4) The expression of the mRNA for mouse testicular lactate dehydrogenase (LDH-X) was examined by RNA:cDNA hybridization in situ in the testis and by Northern analyses of meiotic and postmeiotic spermatogenic cell populations.
  • (5) Northern blot analysis with an 18-mer radiolabelled oligonucleotide, derived from an ALP specific cDNA clone, revealed a specific mRNA of about 700-800 nucleotides in HS-24 tumor cells.
  • (6) Northern hybridization analysis of R. toruloides RNA with a restriction fragment encoding part of the PAL gene indicates that PAL mRNA is 2.5 kilobases in length.
  • (7) "The Republic genuinely wishes Northern Ireland well and that includes the 12.5% corporate tax rate," he said.
  • (8) 247 individuals from Northern Italy have been tested for red cell glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT) polymorphism.
  • (9) We studied the feasibility of using RNA and DNA from autopsies for Northern and Southern blot analysis.
  • (10) Polls indicated that anger over the government shutdown, which was sharply felt in parts of northern Virginia, as well as discomfort with Cuccinelli's deeply conservative views, handed the race to McAuliffe, a controversial Democratic fundraiser and close ally of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
  • (11) Analysis of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) expression by enzyme assay and immunoblots, as well as Northern and dot blots of poly (A)+ RNA, in the deletion strains indicates that there are two upstream regulatory sequences that control the level of gene expression.
  • (12) The Northern quahaug and a strain of the type 1 attenuated poliovirus were used as the working model.
  • (13) The probe encoding LHCPII hybridizes to RNAs of 9.5 and 6.6 kb on northern blots of total RNA while the 3'-end probe hybridizes only to the 6.6 kb RNA.
  • (14) For months, more than 170,000 mainly Syrian refugees travelling north from Greece have used Hungary as a thoroughfare to the safety of northern and western Europe.
  • (15) For the past six years, a big focus of my work has been bringing the first schools to some of the remotest parts of northern Sierra Leone .
  • (16) Northern blot mapping and genomic sequence analysis were also undertaken to examine the organization of the DP mRNAs.
  • (17) Two epidemics of meningoencephalitis caused by echovirus type 7 and coxsackievirus type B 5 in the summer and autumn of 1973 in Umeå in Northern Sweden were compared.
  • (18) Earlier this week the supreme court in London ruled against a mother and daughter from Northern Ireland who had wanted to establish the right to have a free abortion in an English NHS hospital.
  • (19) In the years 1971 to 1973 the therapeutic effect of Trasylol (aprotinin isolated from bovine organs) in the treatment of the traumatic shock was investigated in a controlled field study at 31 hospitals in northern Germany.
  • (20) Theresa May has shown a complete and utter lack of interest in Northern Ireland since taking office.