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compass card
compass cardn. A freely pivoting circular disk carrying the magnetic needles of a compass and marked with the 32 points of the compass and the 360 degrees of the circle.compass card n (Navigation) a compass in the form of a card that rotates so that "0°" or "North" points to magnetic north com′pass card`
n. a circular card displaying the points of the compass that rotates freely to point to magnetic north. [1870–75] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  compass card - compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic northmariner's compassmagnetic compass - compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north |
Translationscompass card
compass card[′käm·pəs ‚kärd] (design engineering) The part of a compass on which the direction graduations are placed, it is usually in the form of a thin disk or annulus graduated in degrees, clockwise from 0° at the reference direction to 360°, and sometimes also in compass points. compass card A drumlike scale, marked in degrees from 001° to 360°, fastened around the float in an aircraft magnetic compass.compass card
Synonyms for compass cardnoun compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic northSynonymsRelated Words |