1) Ambit 2) Apprehend 3) Area 4) Circumnavigate 5) Comprehend 6) Confines 7) Direction 8) Expanse 9) Extent 10) Gamut 11) Gyrocompass 12) Internationality 13) Intuit 14) Palette 15) Pallet 16) Purview 17) Range 18) Scope 19) Space 20) Sweep
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1) Area 2) Chinese invention 3) Circle-drawing aid 4) Constellation, Box of Argo 5) Constellation, Compasses 6) Constellation, Circinus 7) Constellation, Pyxis 8) Constellation 9) Direction finder 10) Extent 11) French word used in English 12) Full extent 13) It can give you a pointer 14) Legal terminology
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- navigational instrument for finding directions
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control
- the limit of capability
- drafting instrument used for drawing circles
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An instrument with a magnetic needle that points towards the North. It is marked with the cardinal points, north, east, south and west and then further divided into thirty two points in all. Modern compasses are divided into 360 points or degrees.
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Navigational instrument showing the direction of the vessel in relation to the Earth's geographical poles or magnetic poles. Commonly consists of a magnet aligned with the Earth's magnetic field, but other technologies have also been developed, such as the gyrocompass.
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• (n.) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course. • (n.) An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall. • (n.) Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within. • (n.) Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imag...
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A direction-indicating device that is used with a map to plot a route or check your position.
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(from the article `hand tool`) The terms compass and divider are often interchanged, for each instrument can be used to draw circles, mark divisions (divide a given distance), or ... ...principally in drafting for the accurate transfer of dimensions from a measuring scale and in machine shops for scribing lines on surfaces, ... ...re...
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in navigation or surveying, the primary device for direction-finding on the surface of the Earth. Compasses may operate on magnetic or gyroscopic ... [15 related articles]
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A digital or analog display that indicates the direction a vehicle is facing.
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Combined Performance and Safety System
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a device for indicating direction
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an instrument that allows comparison of one's direction of movement (or bearing) relative to the cardinal directions; magnetic compasses are sensitive to terrestrial magnetism, and therefore give bearings relative to magnetic north; a newer device, called the gyroscopic compass, is sensitive to the rotation of the earth, and therefore gives bearings relative to true north
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Com'pass (kŭm'p a s) noun [ French compas , from Late Latin compassus circle, prop., a stepping together; com- + passus pace, step. See Pace , Pass .] 1. A passing round; circuit; circuitous course. « They fetched a compass
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An instrument that uses the earth's magnetic field to point to the direction of the magnetic North Pole; used by navigators to determine the direction a yacht is heading and to set a course.
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A compass is an instrument used to indicate the magnetic meridian or the position of objects with respect to that meridian, and employed especially on ships, and by surveyors and travellers.
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In music a compass is the range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.
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Community Participation for Action in the Social Sector (Nigeria)
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A tool for finding north - uses a magnet
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a device that indicates direction by means of a small magnet turning on a pivot, which points to Earth's magnetic north
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An instrument which consists essentially of a magnetic needle free to swing and which, subject to correction for conflicting magnetic fields, always points to the magnetic North. It thus indicates the angle in the horizontal plane between the magnetic North and the longitudinal axis of the aeroplane.
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range noun the limit of capability; `within the compass of education`
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Any instrument for finding direction. The most commonly used is a magnetic compass, consisting of a thin piece of magnetic material with the north-seeking pole indicated, free to rotate on a pivot and mounted on a compass card on which the points of the compass are marked. When the compass is pro...
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A tool used to indicate the direction of the spawn point from your current position. Created from four iron ingots and one redstone, the compass works both in the user's hand and in their inventory.
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an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north. · the enclosing line or limits of any area; perimeter: You can find anything you want downtown within the compass of ten square blocks. · space within limits; area; extent; range; scope: the narrow compass of the...
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