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compass card
noun
- 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.
compass card
noun
- a compass in the form of a card that rotates so that "0°" or "North" points to magnetic north
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Word History and Origins
Origin of compass card1
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Example Sentences
He produced a long, stiff wire, with which he pointed to the compass card.
She came aft to where I was standing, and, having looked at the compass card, gazed round her.
As you will see, by looking at the compass card, it is divided into smaller points which are not named on the card.
The rain, however, beat on its glass in such sheets that he could not possibly have read the compass card floating by the wick.
But the next morning when I cast off from the floe, it proved the beggars had stolen the compass card, needle and all.
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