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Definition: CARDINAL POINTS |
CARDINAL POINTS1. (a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west. (b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith and nadir. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Direction | Point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE; rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CARDINAL POINTS |
| English words defined with "CARDINAL POINTS": compass flower, compass plant ♦ Oblique sailing ♦ Points of the compass ♦ Right sailing ♦ Wave offering. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CARDINAL POINTS": cardinal heading, Cardinal Points of the Compass, compass points. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CARDINAL POINTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pääilmansuunnat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | points cardinaux (cardinal directions, cardinal elements), les points cardinaux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | himmelsrichtungen (cardinal directions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σημεία του ορίζοντα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kiare airdyn, bun-ardjyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ardinalcay ointspay pontos cardeais. (various references) punctele cardinale (wind). (various references) puntos cardinales (cardinal directions, cardinal elements), índice cardinal. (various references) fyra väderstrecken. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-i-i-l-n-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: nonparasitic. | |
-3 letters: noncapitals, piscatorial, postcranial. | |
-4 letters: annalistic, antipodals, antisocial, ascription, aspiration, carnations, clintonias, clostridia, cnidarians, indicators, nicotianas, noncapital, nonplastic, nonspatial, parasitoid, parodistic, patricians, patricidal, pictorials, placations, planations, plications, poincianas, prolactins, radiations, sinoatrial, sporicidal, trainloads. | |
-5 letters: actinians, actinoids, adaptions, adnations, antiarins, antinodal, antipodal, antisolar, cantorial, cantraips, caparison, cardinals, carnation, cartloads, cilantros, cisplatin, clintonia, cnidarian, coastland. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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