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Definition: Compass |
CompassNoun1. Navigational instrument for finding directions. 2. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power". 3. The limit of capability; "within the compass of education". 4. Drafting instrument used for drawing circles. Verb1. Bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass". 2. Travel around, either by plane or ship: "We compassed the earth". 3. Get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "compass" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Compass \Com"pass\, noun. [French expression compas, from Late Latin expression compassus circle, prop., stepping together; com- passus pace, step. See Pace, Pass.]. (references) |
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Computing | COMPASS COMPrehensive ASSembler. The assembly language on CDC computers. (1995-01-19). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Aerospace | 1. An instrument for indicating a horizontal reference direction, specifically a magnetic compass.2. Referring to or measured from compass north. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a compass, denotes you will be forced to struggle in narrow limits, thus making elevation more toilsome but fuller of honor. To dream of the compass or mariner's needle, foretells you will be surrounded by prosperous circumstances and honest people will favor you. To see one pointing awry, foretells threatened loss and deception. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Medicine | Instrument for describing circles, with two legs connected at one end by a movable joint. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. An instrument or device for indicating horizontal reference directions relative to the Earth by means of a magnetic needle or group of needles; specif. magnetic compass. Also, a nonmagnetic device that serves the same purpose; e.g., a gyrocompass b. A simple instrument for describing circles, transferring measurements, or subdividing distances; usually consisting of two pointed, hinged legs (one of which generally having a pen or pencil point) joined at the top by a pivot c. A Maas or other compass device formerly used in borehole-survey wor e.g., a gyrocompass. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The term compass is applicable to several fields which include navigation, mathematics, construction, botany, electronics, and law.
Navigation
A compass (or mariner's compass) is navigational instrument for finding directions. It consists of a magnetised pointer free to align itself accurately with Earth's magnetic field. A compass provides a known reference direction which is of great assistance in navigation. The cardinal points are north, south, east and west. A compass can be used in conjunction with a clock and a sextant to provide a very accurate navigation capability. This device greatly improved maritime trade by making travel safer and more efficient.
A compass can be any magnetic device using a needle to indicate the direction of the magnetic north of a planet's magnetosphere. Any instrument with a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction can be considered a compass. A compass dial is a small pocket compass with a sundial. A variation compass is a specific instrument of a delicate type of construction. It is used by observing variations of the needle. A gyrocompass can also be used to ascertain true North.
History of the navigational compass
Compasses were initially used in mysticism in ancient China. The first known use of Earth's magnetic field in this way occurred in ancient China as a spectacle. Arrows were cast similarly to dice. These magnetised arrows aligned themselves pointing north, impressing the audience.
Curiously, this trick did not seem to get used by the Chinese for naval navigation. The knowledge of the behavior of long thin magnets and lodestones had to move to Europe for that to occur. European naval powers were quick to identify the value of having a compass on board. Celestial navigation used the constellations and known stars to identify directions. This was of little or no use in foggy conditions, with overcast sky or during the day. Early compasses often consisted of a natural lodestone which was placed on a float in a protected container of water.
Construction of a simple compass
A magnetic rod is required. This can be created by aligned an iron or steel rod with Earth's magnetic field and then tempering or striking it. However, this method produces only a weak magnet so other methods are preferred. This magnetised rod (or magnetic needle) is then placed on a low friction surface to allow it to freely pivot to align itself with the magnetic field. It should be labeled and generally has a pointer to North.
Modern navigational compasses
Modern navigational compasses hold a magnetized needle inside a fluid-filled capsule; the fluid causes the needle to stop quickly rather than oscillate back and forth around magnetic north. Other features common on modern handheld compasses are a baseplate with rulings for measuring distances on maps, a rotating bezel for measuring bearings of distant objects, and a sighting mirror that lets the user see both the compass needle and a distant object at the same time. Many modern navigational compasses also include an adjustment for magnetic declination, the offset between magnetic north and true north, which varies from place to place on the Earth's surface.
Mariner's compasses can have two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a compass card. These move freely on a pivot. A mariner reads this for a reference box mark that representd the ship's headings. The card is divided into thirty-two points (known as rhumbs). The glass-covered box (or bowl) contains a suspended gimbal within a binnacle. This preserves the horizontal position.
Points of the compass
Main article: Boxing the compassThe thirty-two points of division of the mariner's compass card. The corresponding dividing points of the horizon circle with four markings of the directions [i.e., east, west, north, and south]. These are called cardinal points. Tthe rest are named from their respective directions. A compass card is a circular card that is attach to the needles of a compass. On the compass card are marked the thirty-two points.
See also: Azimuth compass, Beam compass, coordinates, gyrocompass, Gyrosin compass, gyrostatic compass, inertial navigation system, radio compass, radio direction finder
External Links, Resources, and References
- Science Friday, "The Riddle of the Compass", May 31, 2002.
Mathematics
In math and drafting, a device known as a compass (or pair of compasses) is used by mathematicians and craftsmen in geometry to draw or inscribe a circle or arc. Simply, this type of compass is used as a drafting instrument used for drawing circles and in ruler-and-compass constructions.
Construction
In carpentry, architecture, and shipbuilding, a compass is a curve (or bent) circular form. A compass plane is a craftsman plane, which has a convex direction length on the underside, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. A Compass saw (or fret saw or keyhole saw) is a narrow blade a saw that cuts a curve. A compass timber is a curved (or crooked) timber. A compass window is a circular bay window (or oriel window).
A Surveyor's compass (or circumferentor) is an measuring instrument used in surveying horizontal angles.
Botany
In Botany, a compass is a plant {or flower; also called rosinweed} of the American prairies and is similar to a little sunflower. It's scientific name is Silphium laciniatum. The compass plant has it's lower and root leaves vertical. Compass plants tend to align their edges north and south.
Electronics
COMPASS is an acronym for COMPrehensive ASSembler. COMPASS is an assembly language on Control Data Corporation computers.
Law
Please note: Wikipedia does not give legal advice.''In Law, to compass is to purpose (or intend) something. It is an individual that is imagining something or to plot a plan. Compassing signifies a purpose (or design) of the mind (or will), and not carrying such design to effect.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Compass."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Operation Compass was a World War II British military operation in the North African desert. Italian troops had attacked from their colony of Libya into Egypt, which was under British protection, and occupied Sidi Barrani. On December 8 1940 British, and Indian troops under the command of Major-General O'Connor attacked against the Italian rear, via a gap in the defensess south of Sidi Barrani. Planning of the operation (and discovery of the gap) is credited to Brigadier-General Eric Dorman-Smith, who served as an adviser to O'Connor.As a counter-espionage measure, many of the troops involved were not informed that the operation wasn't an exercise, until they were very nearly engaged in combat. The attack was supported by 25-pounder artillery and Blenheim bombers and was centered around the advance of Mk.II Matilda tanks. Within an hour of the onset of combat, Italian General Maletti would be dead and 4,000 Italian soldiers would surrender. Within three days, 237 artillery, 73 tanks, and 38,300 soldiers would be captured. The attacking forces would move west along the Via della Vittoria, through Halfaya Pass, and capture Fort Capuzzo, Libya.
O'Connor wanted to continuing attacking, at least as far as Benghazi; however, General Wavell had ordered the 4th Indian Division to take part in an offensive against Italian forces in Abyssinia. O'Connor would state, "[This] came as a complete and very unpleasant surprise...It put paid to the question of immediate exploitation...". An Australian division replaced the Indians. The attack would eventually continue, ending with the 7th Armoured Division cutting off the Italian retreat. After 10 weeks the British would advance ~800km, destroying 400 tanks and 1,292 artillery pieces and capturing 130,000 POWs. The British would suffer 494 fatalities and 1,225 wounded. However the advance stopped short of driving the Italians out of North Africa. As the advance reached Al Argheila, Churchill ordered that it be stopped, and troops dispatched to defend Greece. A few weeks later the first troops of the German Afrika Korps would begin arriving in Tripoli (Operation Sonneblume), and the desert war would take a completely different turn. (1 - p.50)
See also:
- British military history of World War II
Quotes
- Bonner Fellers
- "General Wavell told me they were going to do manoeuvres, so I went up as an observer, and God dammit - it was the works."
- Anonymous Coldstream Guards officer
- "We have about 5 acres of officers and 200 acres of other ranks." (1 - p.46)
References
- 1 -- ''The Battle of Alamein: Turning Point, World War II by Bierman and Smith (2002)
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
COMPASS | English | Complete administrative services system | N/A |
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Synonyms: CompassSynonyms: ambit (n), orbit (n), range (n), reach (n), scope (n), apprehend (v), circumnavigate (v), comprehend (v), dig (v), get the picture (v), grasp (v), savvy (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Circumjacence | Verb: lie around; adVerb: surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird; skirt, twine round; hem in; (circumscribe). |
Completion | Verb: effect, effectuate; accomplish, achieve, compass, consummate, hammer out; bring to maturity, bring to perfection; perfect, complete; elaborate. |
Degree | Noun: degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch; reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber; gradation, shade; tenor, compass; sphere, station, rank, standing; rate, way, sort. |
Direction | Noun: direction; management, managery; government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance; bossism; legislature; steerage, pilotage; reins, reins of government; helm, rudder, needle, compass; guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star; cynosure. |
Intention | Take upon oneself; (undertake); take into one's head; meditate, contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of; premeditate; compass, calculate; destine, destinate; propose. |
Measurement | Measure, yard measure, standard, rule, foot rule, compass, calipers; gage, gauge; meter, line, rod, check; dividers; velo. |
Space | Noun: space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace; room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I've forgotten my compass. (The Philadelphia Story; writing credit: Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry.) It's a glow-in-the-dark compass ring (Big; writing credit: Gary Ross; Anne Spielberg) There's someone out there for everyone - even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them (L.A. Story; writing credit: Steve Martin.) What I had in mind was boxing the compass. (Charley Varrick; writing credit: John Reese; Dean Riesner) We've got no food, no compass, no trail, no-- no way to get the hell out of here but we do have one thing (Walkabout; writing credit: Martin David) | |
Lyrics | Won't need no compass (Runaway; performing artist: Janet Jackson) And they were like compass grass coming together into the head of a shaman bouquet (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith) Carry a compass to help you along (Stand; performing artist: R.E.M.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | By Map and Compass (1972) Compass Rose (1967) Death and the Compass (1996) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Using compass declinometer for magnetic observations Lt. Benjamin H. Rigg observing Accompanied MacMillan Arctic Expedition. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Coxswain Tosh Kaiura checking compass while getting on line SURVEYOR launch at Pago Pago. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Compass stand and ice berg. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Ozanam's Compass. In: "Historical Account of the Plane Table" by A. M. Harrison, 1875. This is a handwritten unpublished manuscript. Library Call Number TA571 .H37 1875. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
 | Articles of whale-boat gear. 1. Lantern keg containing matches, bread,&c. 2 Boat compass. 3. Water keg. 4. Piggin for bailing water 5. Waif for signaling. 6. Tub oar crotch. 7. Double oar-lock 8. Large line in line-tub. 9. Knife to cut line. 10 Row-lock. 11. Hatchet 12. Grapnel. 13. Drag or drug to retard whale. 14. Canvas nipper. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Top of NSSL chase vehicle showing A/C unit, compass, and Global Positioning System. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |
 | Martin Bales, a NRCS employee, reading a compass. Credit: Gary Wilson. |  | Chart showing the positions of ships inside Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese Attack, at about 0800 on 7 December. The orientation of the compass direction arrow in the chart's center is turned approximately 45 degrees too far in a counterclockwise direction. Some of the ships moored in "nests" in the northern part of the harbor are listed in incorrect order. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Quartermasters receive compass instruction, during training for Mason's crew at the Norfolk Naval Training Station, Virginia, 3 January 1944. Instructor is QMC L.J. Russell, USNR (left). Trainees are (left to right): QM2c Charles W. Divers, QM2c Royal H. Gooden, QM2c Calvin Bell, QM3c Lewis F. Blanton. Credit: NAVY. |  | Man with globe, compass, and books gazing over landscape. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Compass" by Sachie Yamazaki Commentary: "Tool for drawing." | "Map and Compass" by Luis Alves Commentary: "A map with a compass. --------------------------- Notice: You can use this image, but please send me an e-mail if you use it, I really like to know when and where it's used, thanks :-)." |
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Colley Cibber | Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners. |
Heinrich Heine | Matrimony is the high sea for which no compass has yet to be invented. |
Joseph Joubert | They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night. |
Mencius | The compass and square produce perfect circles and squares. By the sages, the human relations are perfectly exhibited. |
Sir Walter Scott | A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Is a man under the law of nature? What made him free of that law? what gave him a free disposing of his property, according to his own will, within the compass of that law? I answer, a state of maturity wherein he might be supposed capable to know that law, that so he might keep his actions within the bounds of it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It is the compass of the Unknown |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | As he walked home with silent companions a thick fog seemed to compass his mind |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Thy garments are not spotted with our blood, Nor thou within the compass of my curse |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Every man has to learn the points of compass again as often as be awakes, whether from sleep or any abstraction |
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Economic History | Switzerland | For instance, the Accor group, Compass group and Autogrill group run several restaurants (Eurest, Passaggio), catering systems, and hotels. (references) |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | I will compress them within the narrowest compass they will bear, stating the general principle, but not all its limitations. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | In the compass of thirty-six years since this great national covenant was instituted a body of laws enacted under its authority and in conformity with its provisions has unfolded its powers and carried into practical operation its effective energies. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Nineteen Forty-Five provided the common frame of reference the compass points of the postwar era we've relied upon to understand ourselves. |
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| "Compass" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.20% of the time. "Compass" is used about 622 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.2% | 617 | 10,463 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.64% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.16% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 622 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Compass Group PLC | USA | Compass Bancshares, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "compass": astro compass ♦ Azimuth compass ♦ beam compass ♦ bearing compass ♦ beyond my compass ♦ bow compass ♦ box the compass ♦ cardinal compass point ♦ compass adjustment ♦ compass base ♦ compass bearing ♦ compass board ♦ compass card ♦ compass compensation ♦ Compass dial ♦ compass direction ♦ Compass flower ♦ compass heading ♦ compass needle ♦ compass north ♦ compass of thought ♦ Compass plane ♦ Compass plant ♦ compass point ♦ compass repeater indicator ♦ compass rose ♦ compass saw ♦ compass swinging ♦ compass system ♦ Compass timber ♦ compass window ♦ Declination compass ♦ Declination of the compass ♦ Deviation of the compass ♦ dipping compass ♦ drawing compass ♦ fetch a compass ♦ fluxgate compass ♦ go a compass ♦ gyro compass ♦ gyroscopic compass ♦ gyroscopic compass indicator ♦ gyrosyn compass indicator ♦ Hair compass ♦ Hanging compass ♦ inclination compass ♦ keep within compass ♦ keep within the compass ♦ magnetic compass ♦ mariner's compass ♦ point of compass ♦ points of the compass ♦ prismatic compass ♦ radio compass ♦ remain within compass ♦ remote compass ♦ repeating compass ♦ sea compass ♦ steering compass ♦ Surveyor's compass ♦ timber compass ♦ To box the compass ♦ To fetch a compass ♦ To set by the compass ♦ Transit compass ♦ variation compass ♦ vernier compass ♦ watch clock compass card etc ♦ within compass. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "compass": compass-bearing, compass-points. | |
Ending with "compass": Bow-compass, box-compass, eight-pointed-compass, gyro-compass, hand-compass, microscope-binocular-compass, tele-compass, transit-compass. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
compass bank | 4,000 | electronic compass | 54 |
compass | 3,225 | compass map | 53 |
compass rose | 275 | jeep compass | 46 |
compass cove | 217 | silva compass | 45 |
compass group | 171 | compass learning | 42 |
digital compass | 171 | brunton compass | 42 |
compass watch | 157 | compass bank alabama | 40 |
compass test | 117 | compass bank.com | 39 |
course compass | 95 | compass reading | 39 |
ritchie compass | 86 | compass cove resort | 37 |
use a compass | 85 | lensatic compass | 37 |
auto compass | 85 | suunto compass | 35 |
compass bank texas | 84 | compass furniture | 35 |
compass point | 83 | read a compass | 35 |
car compass | 73 | clipart compass | 34 |
compass picture | 72 | compass political | 34 |
compass bank arizona | 65 | automobile compass | 32 |
beach compass cove myrtle | 64 | compass bank online | 32 |
the golden compass | 59 | compass picture rose | 30 |
full compass | 55 | marine compass | 30 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "compass"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vij rrotull (circle, court, fly around, gallivant, make love, mill, prowl, putter, spark, woo), shtrirje (dimension, elongation, expansion, extension, extent, lie, make believe, prolongation, proportions, rame, ramification, range, reach, scope, spread, spreading, stretch, swing), rrethoj (begird, beleaguer, beset, besiege, border on, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close in, close on, embosom, embower, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, engirdle, entwine, envelop, environ, fence in, flank, fold, gird, girdle, hedge in, hem, inclose, invest, lap, leaguer, pocket, rail, rim, ring, round up, span, surround, wreathe), rreth (around, brim, by, circa, circle, circlet, circuit, concerning, coterie, disc, district, gabion, girth, gyre, periphery, range, region, rim, ring, rondure, round, somewhere, union), qarkoj (encompass, rim, ring), perimetër (circumference, perimeter), kuptoj plotësisht, kufi (abutment, ambit, border, borderline, bound, boundary, bourn, Bourne, butting, ceiling, demarcation, division, edge, end, frontier, hedge, line, margin, Mark, measure, mete, radius, razor edge, stint, terminus), komplotoj (cabal, connive, conspire, contrive, plot, practise), kompas (dividers), i kompasit, busull. (various references) | |
Arabic | فرجار, منحن (circumflex, crooked, curved, turned), مساحة (area, distance, extent, measurement, mop, size, space, wiper), نطاق (ambit, area, belt, extension, field, framework, range, sash, stretcher, way, width, zone), نجز (accomplish, achieve, be executed, complete, do, encompass, execute, finalize, finish, fulfil, fulfill, gain, get hold of, get on, implement, negotiate, perfect, perform, polish off, pull off, put across, realize), طوق (band, be hemmed in, belt, besiege, cincture, circle, circumvent, clip, collar, corral, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, entrench, envelop, fret, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, hoop, impale, inclose, include, invest, outflank, ring, round, strap, surround, take off, zone), إستوعب (absorb, assimilate, digest, get around, imbibe, ingest, realize, stomach, suck, swallow, take in), أتم (accomplish, achieve, cap, consummate, fulfil, fulfill, negotiate, perfect, realize, round off), رسم خط, دار حول (circle, circumvent), دائري (circuitous, circular, orbicular, revolving, rotating, rotational), دائرة (area, circle, department, orb, range, ring, round, section, service, set), بلغ (accomplish, amount, amount to, attain, break, come, find, reach, run to), بوصلة. (various references) | |
Basque | iparrorratz. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | схващам (apprehend, comprehend, dig, discover, get, get a hold of, grasp, note, perceive, pick up, see, sense, take in, twig, understand), сплетнича, регистър (calendar, list, musette, range, register, roll), размер (ambit, amount, dimension, extent, gauge, limit, mass, measure, percentage, rate, scale, size, volume), компасен, компас (dial, galley, setting-stick, stick), граници (confines, purlieus), окръжност (circle, circuit, circumference, round), обхват (coverage, extent, orb, radius, range, scope, spread, sweep), обикалям (circle, get about, get round, itinerate, orb, patrol, perambulate, ride, stooge around, stride, tour, travel, trip, walk), заобикалям (beat, begird, beset, bridge, bypass, circumambulate, circumnavigate, circumvent, double, elude, encircle, environ, evade, get round, gird, girdle, leapfrog, make a detour, pass round, round, short circuit, sidestep, skirt, stretch, surround, work round), замислям (contrive, design, hatch, meditate, plan), постигам (accomplish, achieve, acquire, come, effect, effectuate, get, notch up, reach, realize, secure, turn, turn in, work out), полукръгъл (half round). (various references) | |
Catalan | brúixola. (various references) | |
Chinese | 規 (rule), 羅盤 , 指南針 , 指南针 (compasses). (various references) | |
Czech | obvod (circuit, circumference, district, Girt, perimeter, periphery), kompas (gyrocompass, magnetic compass), dosah (coverage, outreach, purview, radius, range, reach, sweep). (various references) | |
Danish | kompas. (various references) | |
Dutch | kompas (regulator). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kompaso. (various references) | |
Faeroese | kumpass. (various references) | |
Farsi | گرد (Flour, Globular, Hero, Powder), درک کردن (Appreciate, Apprehend, Catch, Cognize, Comprehend, Coneive, Follow, Hear, Induct, Perceive, Realize, Savvy, Seize, Understand), دایره (Bureau, Circle, Disk, Rhomb, Roundel, Section, Sphere, Tambourine), دورزدن (Circle, Recur, Revolve, Round, Skirt, Twinge), اختراع کردن (Concoct, Devise, Invent, Mint), جهت کردن , تدبیرکردن (Contrive, Devise, Engine, Meditate, Workout), باقطب نماتعیین , حیطه (Gamut), فهمیدن (Catch, Comprehend, Follow, Get, Grasp, Gripe, Induct, Intend, Learn, Realize, Savor, Savvy, See, Skill, Tell, Understand), قطب نما, نقشه کشیدن (Engine, Map, Plan, Plat, Plot, Project), مدارچیزی راکامل نمودن , محدودکردن (Bound, Confine, Cramp, Curb, Dam, Gag, Impale, Limit, Narrow, Qualify, Quantify, Restrict, Stint, Straiten, Terminate), محصورکردن (Close, Inclose, Pale, Wall, Yard), پرگار, حوزه (Circle, Circuit, District, Extent, Module, Precinct, Zone). (various references) | |
Finnish | kompassi. (various references) | |
French | boussole, compas (compasses, pair of compasses). (various references) | |
German | kompass, Zirkel (circle, compasses, coterie, dividers, pair compasses, pair of dividers), Kompaß. (various references) | |
Greek | πυξίδα (casket), διαβήτης (diabetes). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מצפן, מסגרת (bordure, frame, framework, ledge, orbit, rim, setting, skeleton, stronghold), לאפוף (encircle, shroud, surround, wreathe), תחום (area, border, bound, boundary, confines, domain, limit, mete, orb, precinct, radius, range, realm, region, scope, sphere, sweep, territory, zone), הקף (circuit, circumference, extent, girth, periphery, range, scope, sphere, sweep). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tájoló (gyro compass). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pedoman (guidance), kompas, dom. (various references) | |
Italian | bussola (sedan). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 羅針盤 , 羅針儀 , コンパクト銀河 (combination, combination play, combinator, compact galaxy, companion, Compaq, comparator, compatibility, compatible, compulsory, compulsory figure, computer, computer allergy, computer animation, computer art, computer geographics, computer graphics, computer mind, computer tomography, computer utility, computer virus, computer-vision, control panel, convenience, convenience foods, convenience store, corned beef, industrial campaign, industrial complex, industrial system, paid companion of a wealthy woman, plywood panel, to compare, women presenting products at consumer electronic or car shows), 両脚規 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | りょうきゃくき (pair of compasses), コンパス , らしんぎ, らしんばん. (various references) | |
Korean | 나침의 (compasses). (various references) | |
Manx | gow coyrle follit, airdeylagh (mariner's compass). (various references) | |
Norwegian | kompass. (various references) | |
Occitan | bossòla. (various references) | |
Papiamen | kompas, kòmpas. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ompasscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | bússola (dipping compass), compasso (beat, measure, rhythm, tact, time). (various references) | |
Romanian | cuprins (area, comprised, content, contents, expanse, extent, field, included, inflamed, region, stretch, summary, surface, well off, well to do), cadru (casement, frame, framework, framing, personnel, picture, rim, scenery, setting, skeleton, specialists, still), calibru (bore, caliber, calibre, diameter, gauge, jig, pass, pattern, size, sort), compas (a pair of compasses, divider), cerc (band, circle, circles, class, coterie, district, extent, hoop, range, rim, ring, round, set, sphere, zone), înţelege (agree, apprehend, bottom, catch, come it, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, grasp, interpret, latch on, make of, perceive, read, realize, savvy, scheme, see, see into, seize, take, tumble to, twig, understand), înconjura (beset, besiege, by pass, circumambulate, close, embosom, encircle, enclose, encompass, engirdle, ensphere, environ, flank, gird, girdle, go, go round, hem, hoop, pale, parclose, rim, round, shut in, surround, wreathe), înconjurare (environment), întindere (area, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, field, flatting, length, measure, pull up, reach, scope, space, spread, stretch, stretching, surface, sweep, width), atinge (achieve, attain, concern, contact, feel, gain, hit, hurt, jog, plug, reach, swat, top, touch, trouble, win), busolã (dial, guide, magnetic compass), realiza (accomplish, achieve, actualize, bring off, effect, effectuate, float, live, make, obtain, realize), pune la cale (brew, cogitate, contrive, cook, engineer, excogiate, hatch, meditate, scheme, stage), razã (beam, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, gleam, radiation, radius, Ray, shaft), sesiza (apprehend, grasp, realize, see, seize, understand), limitã (ambit, barrier, border, borderland, bound, boundary, brink, ceiling, circumscription, coast, confine, division, edge, end, extremity, limit, line, margin, pale, precinct, termination, terminus, tether, the last straw, verge), margine (abutment, bank, border, bounds, brim, brink, curb, edge, edging, end, extremity, fringe, kerb, ledge, limit, list, Marge, margin, outskirts, periphery, precinct, rim, seam, termination, tether, verge), ocol (bounds, courtyard, detour, enclosure, grounds, round, roundabout, surrounding, surroundings, tour, turn, wheel), pricepe (apprehend, catch, catch on, come it, comprehend, conceive, cotton, enter into, latch on, perceive, pick out, savvy, see, see into, seize, sense, take, take in, tumble to, understand), registru (book, Diapason, list, range, record, Reed, register, registry, roll). (various references) | |
Russian | компас. (various references) | |
Scottish | cuartaich (surround). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | smerati (allude, drive at, intend, plan), ostvariti (accomplish, achieve, actualize, bring about, carry out, cotton on, effect, effectuate, materialize, objectify, perform, realize), okružiti (band, circularize, embay, encircle, environ, ingulf, surround), krug (circle, gyre, lap, ring, round), kompasni, kompas, busola. (various references) | |
Spanish | brújula (magnetic compass), compás (beat, measure, pulse, time, timing). (various references) | |
Swedish | kompass. (various references) | |
Turkish | pusula (chit, note, scrip). (various references) | |
Turkmen | kompas (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | циркуль, компасний, компас, оточувати (bank, beleaguer, beset, besiege, box, circle, cordon, embosom, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enlace, environ, gird, girdle, girth, hang about, hem about, hem in, inclose, mob, palisade, ring, skirt, surround, zone), окружність (circuit, circumference, round), обходити (balk, by pass, circumambulate, skirt), замишляти (agitate, chew, cogitate, design, meditate, premeditate, purpose, scheme), здійснювати (actualize, bring to pass, effect, effectuate, embody, execute, exercise, implement, make, materialize, perpetrate, practise, put into practice, realize, wage), півкруглий (half round), досягати (accomplish, achieve, acquire, amount, attain, gain ground, measure up, obtain, reach). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cửa sổ hình bán nguyệt (compass-window). (various references) | |
Welsh | cylchedd (circle, circuit), cwmpawd, compod. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | com-, complector. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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