compass direction
21direction finder — direction finding. Radio. a receiver with a loop antenna rotating on a vertical axis, used to ascertain the direction of incoming radio waves. [1910 15] * * * ▪ instrument or radio direction finder radio receiver and antenna system for… …
22compass card — compass rose, circular card attached to the needle of a mariner s compass on which the degrees indicating direction are marked …
23compass rose — compass card, circular card attached to the needle of a mariner s compass on which the degrees indicating direction are marked …
24compass — [kum′pəs; ] also [ käm′pəs] vt. [ME compassen < OFr compasser, to go around < VL * compassare < L com , together + passus, a step: see PACE1] 1. Archaic to go around; make a circuit of 2. ENCOMPASS (sense 1) 3. to grasp mentally;… …
25compass 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 …
26direction — [n1] management administration, charge, command, control, government, guidance, leadership, order, oversight, superintendence, supervision; concepts 299,325 direction [n2] course, route aim, angle, area, aspect, bearing, beeline*, bent, bias,… …
27compass rose — n [singular] technical a symbol that consists of a circle with a pointed star in it, which is printed on maps and shows which direction is north, south, east, west etc …
28compass — ► NOUN 1) an instrument containing a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it. 2) (also compasses) an instrument for drawing circles and arcs and measuring distances between points, consisting of two… …
29compass plant — ☆ compass plant n. 1. a coarse plant (Silphium laciniatum) of the composite family, with large, bristly leaves and heads of yellow flowers, found on the prairies of central U.S.: the leaves reputedly point in a north and south direction 2. any of …
30Compass — This article is about the direction finding instrument used in navigation. For other uses, see Compass (disambiguation). A simple dry magnetic pocket compass …
