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earth inductor compass

noun

Aeronautics.
  1. a compass actuated by induction from the earth's magnetic field.


earth inductor compass

noun

  1. a compass that depends on the current induced in a coil revolving in the earth's magnetic field Also calledinductor compass
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Then there’s that most important instrument, the earth inductor compass.

He had a tachometer, and an altimeter, an earth inductor compass, a drift indicator, and—” Captain Bill interrupted.

Their earth inductor compass had fits of running wild, their radio had become disabled, they were fast running out of gasoline�when suddenly at 3 a. m. they saw the sea-coast and the flicker of a lighthouse beacon beneath them.

An earth inductor compass, a magnetic compass on the conventional instrument board and maps were his navigating facilities.

Morris M. Titterington, 35, and lady friend, in a plane smash; at Pottsville, Pa. He founded the Pioneer Instrument Co., invented the earth inductor compass, said to have made long airplane flights possible.

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