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View synonyms for radio compass

radio compass

noun

  1. a radio receiver with a directional antenna for determining the bearing of the receiver from a radio transmitter.


radio compass

noun

  1. any navigational device that gives a bearing by determining the direction of incoming radio waves transmitted from a particular radio station or beacon See also goniometer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of radio compass1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

The man he had been sent to track down by means of the radio-compass was coming south over the trail.

The man, so the radio-compass had said, had taken the trail which led straight away toward the Arctic Ocean.

Instantly his hands flew to the radio-compass as he muttered.

To catch a radiophone on wheels, Curlie had reasoned, one must mount his radio compass on wheels and pursue the offender.

He adjusted the coil of a radio-compass here, another there and still another here.

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