compass
bússola
definition
verb
the ship wherein Magellan compassed the world
go around (something) in a circular course.
he compassed his end only by the exercise of violence
contrive to accomplish (something).
noun
Point the binos in any direction and a digital compass takes a bearing.
an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
Discover that despite the aid of pairs of compasses , scissors and anything else you consider useful, the most you can get in before it breaks is about 1 cm.
an instrument for drawing circles and arcs and measuring distances between points, consisting of two arms linked by a movable joint, one arm ending in a point and the other usually carrying a pencil or pen.
translation of 'compass'
verb
cercar,
alcançar,
abranger,
planejar,
circundar,
compreender
noun
agulha,
bússola
example
Often we look to the church as a moral 'compass' for direction.
The needs and expectations of the enquiring traveller change rapidly and it would be impossible to meet them all within the 'compass' of single volumes.
It is, almost, within the 'compass' of our understanding.
You look around at the highest peaks of the Rockies, and you're at the water epicenter of North America, where the glaciers and rivers flow to all points of the 'compass' .
It got me puzzling about the points of the 'compass' .
During the Cold War, nuclear danger grew to threaten all points of the 'compass' .
Crewe was ideally placed on the rail network, with connections running to all points of the 'compass'
Then, using an electronic 'compass' and ultrasonic sensors, it cuts the area about 10 times, ensuring a minimum of missed patches.
the event had political repercussions that are beyond the 'compass' of this book
To absorb 5,000 years of a country's rich cultural past within the 'compass' of seven days, was like delving into a honeypot and emerging in a daze.
All of this, he believed, falls within the 'compass' of science.
the cellos were playing in a rather somber part of their 'compass'
As philosophers or historians we treat the datum as something impersonal to be brought within the 'compass' of our own world of thought.
If we were born with magnetic detectors, the 'compass' would never have been invented, because we wouldn't need one.
American roads also frustrated the traveller seeking to move diagonally rather than according to the four cardinal points of the 'compass' .
Can 2,000 years of church history be recorded within the 'compass' of 200 pages?
Within the relatively narrow 'compass' of Northumberland and Durham - as it must seem to us today - it might even be said that he was a great one.
She cleared her pens into a neon pink pencil case and put her 'compass' carefully back in her box of mathematical tools.
South is the least trustworthy direction on a 'compass' .
We had some sturdy white board behind a cabinet, so I brought that out for him, along with a 'compass' , yardstick, pencil, glue, and Exacto knife.
a magnetic 'compass'
This is easily determined by holding a 'compass' near the magnet to determine if the strength of the magnet overrides the magnetic force of the poles.
The matter is totally within the 'compass' of the jury's jurisdiction to determine.
These are works of dry stone masonry meticulously assembled, some aligned directly with points of the 'compass' .
Did such matters fall within the 'compass' of judicial review at all?
a regular heptagon cannot be constructed accurately with only ruler and 'compass'
Letters continued to stream in from all points of the 'compass' - 538 of them in a single day, with the temperature steadily mounting.
Extending the photograph beyond the 'compass' of the glance into a continuum, he presents more information than a single frame could be expected to contain.
She was high in her praise of the level of organisation of last year's training sessions and suggests that reaching the decider this year is well within the 'compass' of the minors.
Complete achievement of these objectives within the 'compass' of one individual lifetime is never possible, of course, but that is not the point.
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