magnetic compass in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.compass [Brit ˈkʌmpəs, Am ˈkəmpəs] N

III.compass [Brit ˈkʌmpəs, Am ˈkəmpəs] VB trans liter

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magnetic [Brit maɡˈnɛtɪk, Am mæɡˈnɛdɪk] ADJ

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It is often part of a ships set of compasses, which also include a conventional gyrocompass and a magnetic compass.
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Magnetic compass adjustment and correction is one of the subjects in the examination curriculum for a shipmaster's certificate of competency.
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These included cast iron, the ploughshare, the stirrup, gunpowder, printing, the magnetic compass and clockwork escapements, most of which were thought at the time to be western inventions.
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The nature of the instrument and the alignment of the magnetic pole of the earth cause the magnetic compass to have several significant limitations when used for navigation.
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The instrument panel is fitted with an airspeed indicator, altimeter and vertical speed indicator, a magnetic compass, turn indicator, ignition switch and fuel pump.
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In addition to the three instruments already used, students were taught to use two gyro instruments, the magnetic compass, the rate-of-climb indicator, and the clock.
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There was an automatic pilot function driven by either gyrocompass or magnetic compass as the input heading source.
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The instrument panel housed fuel pressure, oil pressure and temperature gauges, a clock, altimeter, tachometer, airspeed indicator, bank and turn indicator, and liquid magnetic compass.
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Until the invention of the magnetic compass, feng shui apparently relied on astronomy to find correlations between humans and the universe.
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Large ships typically rely on a gyrocompass, using the magnetic compass only as a backup.
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