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com·pass: noun
compass: verb
compass: noun

com·pass <-es> [ˈkʌmpəs] N

1. compass (for showing direction):

kompas m

they took a compass reading

odčitali so kompas

2. compass (for drawing circles):

3. compass no pl liter (range):

obseg m

compass VB

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compass trans

obiti (morje in zemljo)

compass (with) LIT

obkrožiti, obdati

compass LIT

dojeti, doumeti

compass (archaic)

dopolniti, doseči

compass (archaic)

snovati, kovati

compass N

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obod

compass MUS

compass fig

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Nautical pieces featured in the 2006 spring-summer collection with themes of treasure, sea creatures, and compasses. en.wikipedia.org

Other magnetic compasses have a small sliding counterweight installed on the needle itself. en.wikipedia.org

Grains of sand whirled by the wind blinded the soldiers and created electrical disturbances that rendered compasses useless. en.wikipedia.org

It is often part of a ships set of compasses, which also include a conventional gyrocompass and a magnetic compass. en.wikipedia.org

In the early modern period, dry compasses were suspended in gimbals. en.wikipedia.org

Just some of such instruments included chronometers, telescopes, sextants, microscopes, magnetic compasses, thermometers, hygrometers, barometers, electrometers, and eudiometers. en.wikipedia.org

A binnacle may be subdivided into sections and its contents typically include one or more compasses and an oil lamp or other light source. en.wikipedia.org

He joked that there was so much shrapnel in his back, that the compasses of the aircraft he flew were affected. en.wikipedia.org

Hand compasses were soon widely employed in the practice of forestry, geology, archaeology, speleology, preliminary cartography and land surveying. en.wikipedia.org

The sentiments and actions expressed were completely out of our control and in no way represent the band members' view points or moral compasses. en.wikipedia.org

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