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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The direction or point on the mariner's compass halfway between south and southeast, or 157°30′ east of due north.
- adjective To, toward, of, facing, or in the south-southeast.
- adverb In, from, or toward the south-southeast.
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- noun The
compass bearing orcompass point halfway between south and southeast, specifically 157.5°, abbreviated asSSE .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to, toward, or in the south southeast
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Examples
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Its center was about 235 miles (380 kilometers) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and 455 miles (735 kilometers) west of Bermuda.
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Its center was about 235 miles (380 kilometers) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and 455 miles (735 kilometers) west of Bermuda.
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John Bellini , a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado, said the larger earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 and struck 220 miles 350 kilometers south-southeast of Madrid, the Associated Press reported.
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Forecasters say Bret has 85-kilometer-per-hour winds and is centered about 465 kilometers south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
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Emily was hovering about 215 miles south-southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday afternoon, then quickened its pace toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic later in the day.
Tropical Storm Emily Moving Toward Haiti Shalini Ramachandran 2011
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John Bellini, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado, said the larger earthquake had a preliminary 5.3 magnitude and struck 220 miles 350 kilometers south-southeast of Madrid at 6:47 p.m.
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Long lines of oil sheen began showing up about 35 miles south-southeast of Grand Isle.
Rocky Kistner: The Macondo Monkey on BP's Back Rocky Kistner 2011
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The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the center of Ophelia was about 435 miles (700 kilometers) south-southeast of Bermuda, and was moving north at about 17 mph (27 kph).
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Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tomas was about 570 kilometers south-southeast of Port-au-Prince, with winds of 85 kilometers per hour.
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Its maximum sustained winds were 40 mph and it was drifting slowly south-southeast at 2 mph.
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