prismatic compass
noun
a hand compass equipped with sights and prisms to permit aiming the instrument at a point and at the same time reading the compass direction of the point.
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Origin of prismatic compass
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby prismatic compass
prise, prisere, prisiadka, prism, prismatic, prismatic compass, prismatic layer, prismatic telescope, prismatoid, prism bar, prism binocular
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