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ESE

ESE

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A compass direction halfway between east and southeast at 112.5 degrees
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • At dusk, you can see the sunset in the ESE direction.

Examples

  • 11 km (7 mi) ESE of Dianyang, China.

    Blog text (23)

  • Important features of the program include the evaluation of equipment performance, collection of average patient entrance skin exposure (ESE) measurements for selected procedures, and quality assurance.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Donaldsonville is already in the center, which is certainly less defined, but winds there are ESE at 8 mph.

    Blog text (1)

  • One menu option for entrance skin exposure (ESE) allows the x-ray surveyor to analyze patient radiation exposure from typical diagnostic procedures.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The wind is blowing from the ESE at 10 miles per hour.

  • During our hike, we headed ESE to reach the lookout point.

Synonyms

east-southeast
vsESE
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The direction halfway between east and southeast, about 112.5 degrees from north

is the abbreviated label used instead of the full phrase

Surface Forms

ESE singular
ESEs plural

Morphology

ESE = E + S + E

ESE is an initialism for the compass point 'east-southeast' and its meaning depends on knowledge of the abbreviation convention rather than productive English morphology, so learners cannot derive the sense from the single-letter components.

Etymology

The word ESE is short for east-southeast, made by joining east and southeast. It means the compass point 'halfway between' east and southeast at 112.5°, so ESE tells you that exact direction.