compass
ਕੰਪਾਸ
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.
example
While sipping hot tea, I tweak my 'compass' declination and draw bearing lines on our map.
We even relocate daybreak and sunset, which, one might surmise, are logical ways to determine the beginning and end of a given day, within the 'compass' of clock-time.
Complete achievement of these objectives within the 'compass' of one individual lifetime is never possible, of course, but that is not the point.
a regular heptagon cannot be constructed accurately with only ruler and 'compass'
During the Cold War, nuclear danger grew to threaten all points of the 'compass' .
the event had political repercussions that are beyond the 'compass' of this book
Letters continued to stream in from all points of the 'compass' - 538 of them in a single day, with the temperature steadily mounting.
All of this, he believed, falls within the 'compass' of science.
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.
The question is whether that school falls within the 'compass' of this particular legislation.
These are works of dry stone masonry meticulously assembled, some aligned directly with points of the 'compass' .
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' .
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.
Can 2,000 years of church history be recorded within the 'compass' of 200 pages?
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.
Using a 'compass' to create hundreds of circles in delicate works on paper, Hesse carried Minimalist repetition and seriality to the point of obsession.
As a musical instrument the singing voice has wide tonal 'compass' and uniquely variable pitch, intensity, and stress.
By ‘science’ he means ‘all that can fall within the 'compass' of human understanding’.
walkers should be equipped with a map and '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.
this region had within its 'compass' many types of agriculture
Through binoculars they're visible at all points of the 'compass' ; gawky, fragile, birdlike skeletons of metal hauling skywards monstrous slabs of concrete and steel.
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.
Sometimes the facts of a case may fall within the 'compass' of both constructive and gross negligence manslaughter so that a verdict of manslaughter may be available on either of those grounds.
This finding strengthened the idea that pigeons unable to see the sun rely on the earth's magnetic field as a 'compass' .
The car stopped further back on North Terrace, probably not within the 'compass' of the map, but at best somewhere towards that very far left-hand side of the map.
Set the points of a pencil 'compass' to the width of the widest gap between the counter top and the wall.
Often we look to the church as a moral 'compass' for direction.
the cellos were playing in a rather somber part of their 'compass'
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