Compass-card

  • 41Business card — Card Card (k[aum]rd), n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. ? a leaf of paper. Cf. {Chart}.] 1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game… …

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  • 42Playing card — Card Card (k[aum]rd), n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. ? a leaf of paper. Cf. {Chart}.] 1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game… …

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  • 43To speak by the card — Card Card (k[aum]rd), n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. ? a leaf of paper. Cf. {Chart}.] 1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game… …

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  • 44Visiting card — Card Card (k[aum]rd), n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. ? a leaf of paper. Cf. {Chart}.] 1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 45compass swinging — A procedure for calculating and correcting for the effects of an aircraft’s magnetic field on its magnetic compass. The aircraft is taken to a designated area where, with all its services that are normally on during a flight, its deviation is… …

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  • 46Boxing the compass — Compass point redirects here. For other uses, see Compass Point (disambiguation). ENE redirects here. For the energy company with the former NYSE ticker symbol ENE, see Enron. A 32 point compass rose Boxing the compass is the action of naming all …

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  • 47Compass (drafting) — This article is about the drafting instrument. For other uses, see Compass (disambiguation). A beam compass and a regular compass …

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  • 48compass correction card — A small card placed in the cockpit to show the compass deviation for each heading. The card reads the courses to be steered in lieu of the required headings. Also called a deviation card …

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  • 49compass deviation card — a card, sheet, or the like, with two compass roses printed on it concentrically, for recording, on a given voyage, the amount of deviation for which the navigator must compensate in using the ship s compass to steer a magnetic course. * * * …

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  • 50compass deviation card — a card, sheet, or the like, with two compass roses printed on it concentrically, for recording, on a given voyage, the amount of deviation for which the navigator must compensate in using the ship s compass to steer a magnetic course …

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