compass direction

  • 71prismatic compass — noun : a surveyor s hand compass provided with a triangular glass prism so adjusted that the compass can be read while taking a sight * * * a hand compass equipped with sights and prisms to permit aiming the instrument at a point and at the same… …

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  • 72prismatic compass — a hand compass equipped with sights and prisms to permit aiming the instrument at a point and at the same time reading the compass direction of the point. [1850 55] * * * …

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  • 73List of China provinces by compass — direction from capital: Provinces * Anhui south * Fujian coastal south * Gansu * Guangdong coastal far south * Guizhou mid southwest * Hainan island far south * Hebei * Heilongjiang border northeast * Henan * Hubei * Huguang historical province * …

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  • 74wireless compass — noun chiefly Britain : radio compass, direction finder …

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  • 75Azimuth compass — 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 …

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  • 76Beam compass — 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 …

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  • 77Mariner's compass — 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 …

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  • 78Surveyor's compass — 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 …

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  • 79To fetch a compass — 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 …

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  • 80Variation compass — 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 …

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