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compass card

noun Navigation.

a circular card with magnets attached to its underside, the face divided on its rim into points of the compass, degrees clockwise from north, or both, and floating or suspended from a pivot so as to rotate freely.

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Origin of compass card

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby compass card

compartment, compartmental, compartmentalize, compartmentation, compass, compass card, compass course, compass deviation, compass deviation card, compassion, compassionate
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British Dictionary definitions for compass card

compass card

noun

a compass in the form of a card that rotates so that "0°" or "North" points to magnetic north
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