- compass card
- noun Date: 1789 the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass on which are marked the 360° of the circle and 32 equidistant points
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Compass Card — Examples 2007 Series Compass Card … Wikipedia
Compass card — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
compass 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 … English World dictionary
compass card — compass rose, circular card attached to the needle of a mariner s compass on which the degrees indicating direction are marked … English contemporary dictionary
compass card — noun compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic north • Syn: ↑mariner s compass • Hypernyms: ↑magnetic compass … Useful english dictionary
compass card — A drumlike scale, marked in degrees from 001° to 360°, fastened around the float in an aircraft magnetic compass. Compass correction/deviation card … Aviation dictionary
compass card — com′pass card n. naut. navig. a circular card displaying the points of the compass that rotates freely to point to magnetic north • Etymology: 1870–75 … From formal English to slang
compass card — Navig. a circular card with magnets attached to its underside, the face divided on its rim into points of the compass, degrees clockwise from north, or both, and floating or suspended from a pivot so as to rotate freely. [1870 75] * * * … Universalium
compass card — noun a circular rotating card showing the thirty two principal bearings, forming the indicator of a magnetic compass … English new terms dictionary
compass card — /ˈkʌmpəs kad/ (say kumpuhs kahd) noun a circular card attached to the needle of a mariner s compass, on which the degrees or points indicating direction are marked …
