radio compass

noun

1. a radio receiver with a directional antenna for determining the bearing of the receiver from a radio transmitter.

radio compass

noun

1. any navigational device that gives a bearing by determining the direction of incoming radio waves transmitted from a particular radio station or beacon See also goniometer

Word History and Origins

Origin of radio compass¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

The man he had been sent to track down by means of the radio-compass was coming south over the trail.

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The man, so the radio-compass had said, had taken the trail which led straight away toward the Arctic Ocean.

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Instantly his hands flew to the radio-compass as he muttered.

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To catch a radiophone on wheels, Curlie had reasoned, one must mount his radio compass on wheels and pursue the offender.

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He adjusted the coil of a radio-compass here, another there and still another here.

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