compass direction
111automatic direction finder — n. a type of radio compass that indicates automatically the direction of the station to which it is tuned, used esp. on aircraft * * * …
112automatic direction finder — n. a type of radio compass that indicates automatically the direction of the station to which it is tuned, used esp. on aircraft …
113mariner's compass — noun Date: 1594 a compass used in navigation that consists of parallel magnetic needles or bundles of needles permanently attached to a card marked to indicate direction and degrees of a circle …
114set one's compass — determine direction with a compass …
115astro compass/astrocompass — A nonmagnetic compass that establishes directions relative to the known true bearing of a heavenly body that emits light and whose direction is known. This reference bearing either is computed or determined indirectly by making various settings… …
116magnetic compass — A compass that acquires its directive force from the attraction of the horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field. The simplest type is a magnetized needle or a sensing element free to turn with a minimum of friction in any horizontal… …
117magnetic compass — /mægˌnɛtɪk ˈkʌmpəs/ (say mag.netik kumpuhs) noun a compass consisting of a magnetic needle which acts itself along the lines of the earth s magnetic field and thus indicates the direction of the earth s magnetic poles …
118radio compass — n. a direction finder, used chiefly in navigation …
119intercardinal direction — noun Any of the four intermediate compass directions located halfway between the cardinal directions northeast, southeast, southwest and northwest. Syn: ordinal direction …
120radio direction finding — A radio location in which only the direction of a station is determined by means of its emissions. The system consists essentially of a loop aerial superimposed with a selsyn system to remove 180° ambiguity. See radio compass …
