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cardinal point
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cardinal point
n.
One of the four principal directions on a compass: north, south, east, or west.

cardinal point
One of the four principal directions on a compass (north, south, east, or west).


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A unique number was assigned to each cardinal direction (i.
Instead of just up/down, north/south, and east/west, there is an additional pair of cardinal directions that is perpendicular to the other three.
2) Rather than focus on the cardinal directions and the periphery, as Krauss had, Baker's mapping of photography's field is about "open[ing] its multiple logics" (187).
 
 
 
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