Compass-card
51card — I. /kad / (say kahd) noun 1. a piece of stiff paper or thin pasteboard, usually rectangular, for various uses: a business card. 2. → postcard. 3. a piece of cardboard with more or less elaborate ornamentation, bearing a complimentary greeting: a… …
52compass point — noun any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass he checked the point on his compass • Syn: ↑point • Hypernyms: ↑direction • Hyponyms: ↑cardinal compass point, ↑no …
53compass — An instrument with a magnetic needle which is free to point to magnetic north. For survey the needle is either attached to a graduated card or can be read against a graduated circle to measure the angle in degrees from the north clockwise [25] …
54mariner's compass — noun compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic north • Syn: ↑compass card • Hypernyms: ↑magnetic compass * * * noun : a compass used in navigation consisting of two or more parallel magnetic needles… …
55Classical 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… …
56deviation card — A compass course correction card prepared after a compass swing. Also called a compass card. Deviation card …
57sea card — noun : the card of a mariner s compass * * * sea card noun 1. A compass card 2. A sea chart • • • Main Entry: ↑sea …
58Points 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… …
59magnetic compass — noun compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north • Hypernyms: ↑compass • Hyponyms: ↑compass card, ↑mariner s compass • Part Meronyms: ↑magnetic needle * * * magˌnetic ˈcompass …
60Face card — Face Face (f[=a]s), n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see {Fact}); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. {Facetious}.] 1. The exterior form or appearance… …
