dip circle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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All around the rim of sea you can see nothing but our ships while overhead spotter planes dip, circle and mark fire for the big guns.
From Time Magazine Archive
The south-seeking ends of the magnetic particles were pointing downward as the needles of "dip circle" compasses do in the southern hemisphere.
From Time Magazine Archive
Relics found about Ross Cairn, on Point Victory, May and June, 1859, brought away:— A 6-inch dip circle by Robinson, marked I 22.
From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold
But first he must dip, circle, come up underneath and try his luck.
From Our Pilots in the Air by Brown, William Perry
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