POINTS OF THE COMPASS

Definition: POINTS OF THE COMPASS

POINTS OF THE COMPASS

1. (Naut.), the thirty-two points of division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the directions of east, west, north, and south, are called cardinal points, and the rest are named from their respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N., N. E., etc. See Illust. under Compass .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synonyms within Context: POINTS OF THE COMPASS

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Laterality	Points of the compass; East, Orient, Levant; West; orientation.
Space	Adverb: extensively; Adjective: wherever; everywhere; far and near, far and wide; right and left, all over, all the world over; throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the land; under the sun, in every quarter; in all quarters, in all lands; here there and everywhere; from pole to pole, from China to Peru, from Indus to the pole, from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end; on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass; to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: POINTS OF THE COMPASS

English words defined with "POINTS OF THE COMPASS": Cardinal points, compass flower, compass plant ♦ orientation ♦ Quaquaversal ♦ To box the compass, Traverse board ♦ Wind rose. (references)

Specialty definitions using "POINTS OF THE COMPASS": Cardinal Points of the Compass. (references)

Modern Translation: POINTS OF THE COMPASS

Language		Translations for "POINTS OF THE COMPASS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		八方 (all directions, the eight points of the compass). (various references)

Hungarian		világtájak, szélrózsa irányai. (various references)

Manx		airdyn y chombaase. (various references)

Pig Latin		ointspay ofay ethay ompasscay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: POINTS OF THE COMPASS

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-h-i-m-n-o-o-o-p-p-s-s-s-t-t"
	-4 letters: metoposcopists.
	-5 letters: metoposcopist.
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POINTS OF THE COMPASS

Definition: POINTS OF THE COMPASS