Compass-card

  • 1Compass Card — Examples 2007 Series Compass Card …

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  • 2Compass card — Compass Com pass (k[u^]m pas), n. [F. compas, fr. LL. compassus circle, prop., a stepping together; com + passus pace, step. See {Pace}, {Pass}.] 1. A passing round; circuit; circuitous course. [1913 Webster] They fetched a compass of seven day s …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3compass card — n. the circular card mounted on a free pivot inside a compass and marked with the points of direction and, often, the degrees of the circle …

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  • 4compass card — compass rose, circular card attached to the needle of a mariner s compass on which the degrees indicating direction are marked …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 5compass card — noun compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic north • Syn: ↑mariner s compass • Hypernyms: ↑magnetic compass …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 6compass card — A drumlike scale, marked in degrees from 001° to 360°, fastened around the float in an aircraft magnetic compass. Compass correction/deviation card …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 7compass card — com′pass card n. naut. navig. a circular card displaying the points of the compass that rotates freely to point to magnetic north • Etymology: 1870–75 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 8compass card — noun Date: 1789 the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner s compass on which are marked the 360° of the circle and 32 equidistant points …

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  • 9compass card — Navig. a circular card with magnets attached to its underside, the face divided on its rim into points of the compass, degrees clockwise from north, or both, and floating or suspended from a pivot so as to rotate freely. [1870 75] * * * …

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  • 10compass card — noun a circular rotating card showing the thirty two principal bearings, forming the indicator of a magnetic compass …

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