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1Compass — This article is about the direction finding instrument used in navigation. For other uses, see Compass (disambiguation). A simple dry magnetic pocket compass …
2compass — 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… …
3dry compass — Navig. a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots. Cf. wet compass. * * * …
4dry compass — Navig. a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots. Cf. wet compass …
5Hand compass — Parts of a hand compass A hand compass (aka hand bearing compass or sighting compass) is a term for any compact magnetic compass capable of one hand use and fitted with a sighting device to record a precise bearing or azimuth to a given target or …
6Classical 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… …
7Points of the compass — Point Point, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing… …
8wet compass — Navig. a compass having a compass card floating in a liquid. Also called liquid compass. Cf. dry compass. * * * …
9wet compass — Navig. a compass having a compass card floating in a liquid. Also called liquid compass. Cf. dry compass …
10компас с сухой картушкой — Магнитный компас, чувствительный элемент которого не погружен в жидкость. [ГОСТ Р 52682 2006] Тематики средства навигации, наблюдения, управления EN dry card compass DE Trockenkompaß FR compas sec …
