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  • 31Compass rose — For the meteorological graphic, see Wind rose A common compass rose as is found on a nautical chart showing both true and magnetic north with magnetic declination A compass rose, sometimes called a windrose, is a figure on a compass, map, nau …

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  • 32compass — compassable, adj. compassless, adj. /kum peuhs/, n. 1. an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north. 2. the enclosing line or limits of any area; perimeter: You can… …

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  • 33Boxing the compass — Compass point redirects here. For other uses, see Compass Point (disambiguation). ENE redirects here. For the energy company with the former NYSE ticker symbol ENE, see Enron. A 32 point compass rose Boxing the compass is the action of naming all …

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  • 34Compass (disambiguation) — A compass is a navigational instrument that indicates the direction to the magnetic poles. Compass may also refer to: Also in navigation: dividers, a tool to measure distance on a chart Compass (drafting), a tool to draw arcs and distances In the …

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  • 35Direction — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Direction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 direction direction bearing course vector Sgm: N 1 set set drift tenor Sgm: N 1 tendency tendency &c. 176 Sgm: N 1 i …

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  • 36direction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Pointing toward Nouns 1. direction, bearing, course, set, drift, tenor, orientation, tendency; incidence; tack, aim, line of fire; collimation. See straightness. 2. point of the compass, cardinal points …

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  • 37direction finder — Synonyms and related words: Bourdon tube, Gyropilot, Gyrosin compass, HFDF, Mach meter, RDF, absolute altimeter, accelerometer, aerial reconnaissance camera, aerometer, aeroscope, air log, altigraph, altimeter, ammeter, anemograph, anemometer,… …

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  • 38compass — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ digital, magnetic VERB + COMPASS ▪ use ▪ check COMPASS + VERB ▪ show sth …

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  • 39compass — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French cumpasser to measure, from Vulgar Latin *compassare to pace off, from Latin com + passus pace Date: 14th century 1. to devise or contrive often with craft or skill ; plot <&#8230; …

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  • 40compass — Synonyms and related words: Gyrosin compass, Johansson block, RDF, T square, accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, aesthetic distance, alentours, ambience, ambit, amount, annex, attain, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border line,&#8230; …

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