compass meridian
1Meridian 2 — Operator VKS Major contractors NPO PM Mission type Communications Launch date 21 May 2009 Carrier rocket Soyuz 2.1a/ …
2Compass-G1 — Major contractors CAST Bus DFH 3 Mission type Navigation Launch date 16 January 2010 Carrier rocket …
3Compass-IGSO1 — Major contractors CAST Bus DFH 3 Mission type Navigation Launch date 31 July 2010 Carrier rocket …
4Compass — This article is about the direction finding instrument used in navigation. For other uses, see Compass (disambiguation). A simple dry magnetic pocket compass …
5Meridian (geography) — This article is about the geographical concept. For other uses, see meridian (disambiguation). The prime meridian at Greenwich, England. Since the adoption of WGS84, the meridian is now a couple of hundred metres or so east of this point A… …
6meridian circle — Circle Cir cle (s[ e]r k l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L. circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle, akin to Gr. kri kos, ki rkos, circle, ring. Cf. {Circus}, {Circum }.] [1913 Webster] 1. A plane figure, bounded by a single… …
7compass course — Naut. a course whose bearing is relative to the meridian as given by the navigator s compass, no compensation being made for variation or deviation. Cf. true course, magnetic course. [1850 55] * * * …
8compass course — noun : the course with respect to true north in which a ship or an aircraft is intended to travel * * * Naut. a course whose bearing is relative to the meridian as given by the navigator s compass, no compensation being made for variation or… …
9Classical compass winds — The Tower of the Winds in Athens Classical compass winds refers to the naming and association of winds in Mediterranean classical antiquity (Ancient Greece and Rome) with the points of geographic direction and orientation. Ancient wind roses… …
10Transit compass — Transit Trans it, n. [L. transitus, from transire to go over: cf. F. transit. See {Transient}.] 1. The act of passing; passage through or over. [1913 Webster] In France you are now . . . in the transit from one form of government to another.… …
