The compass is a magnetometer used for navigation and orientation that shows direction in regards to the geographic cardinal points. The structure of...
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The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose...
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History Compass is a peer-reviewed online-only academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell. Originally launched in association with the Institute of...
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A compass is a device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation and geographic orientation. It commonly consists of a magnetized needle or...
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A compass rose or compass star, sometimes called a wind rose or rose of the winds, is a polar diagram displaying the orientation of the cardinal directions...
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The Political Compass is a website soliciting responses to a set of 62 propositions in order to rate political ideology in a spectrum with two axes: one...
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Compass Group plc is a British multinational contract foodservice company headquartered in Chertsey, England. It is the largest contract foodservice company...
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straightedge-and-compass construction – also known as ruler-and-compass construction, Euclidean construction, or classical construction – is the construction of lengths...
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qibla (qiblah) compass (sometimes also called qibla/qiblah indicator or qiblanuma) is a modified compass used by Muslims to indicate the direction to face...
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Compass Lexecon is a global economic consulting firm founded in 1977 with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. It provides analysis of economic issues pertaining...
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Compass, Inc. operates a residential real estate brokerage in the United States. It has approximately 29,000 agents, who are generally independent contractors...
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diameter Compass Adrianov compass Astrocompass Geological compass Grid compass Hand compass History of the compass Marine sandglass Prismatic compass Qibla...
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scale of maps. "Reduction Compass". Epact. Museum of the History of Science, Oxford. Retrieved 10 January 2022. "Reduction compass". Galileo Virtual Museum...
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a compass is a curved circular form. A compass plane is a plane that is convex, length-ways, on the underside, for smoothing the concave faces of curved...
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The Compass Players (or Compass Theater) was an improvisational theatre revue active from 1955 to 1958 in Chicago and St. Louis. Founded by David Shepherd...
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The Square and Compasses (or, more correctly, a square and a set of compasses joined) is the single most identifiable symbol of Freemasonry. Both the...
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Compass FM was an Independent Local Radio station serving Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Immingham. Last owned by Bauer Radio, the station broadcast from 2001...
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BeiDou (redirect from Compass navigation system)
satellite Compass-G2 was launched on 15 April 2009. On 15 January 2010, the official website of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System went online, and the system's...
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Suunto (category Sporting goods manufacturers of Finland)
company that manufactures and markets sports watches, dive computers, compasses and precision instruments. Headquartered in Vantaa, Finland, Suunto employs...
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The EA-37B Compass Call (formerly EC-37B) is an Electronic Attack aircraft based on the Gulfstream G550 entering service with the United States Air Force...
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azimuth compass (or azimuthal compass) is a nautical instrument used to measure the magnetic azimuth, the angle of the arc on the horizon between the direction...
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Gyrocompass (redirect from Gyroscopic compass)
type of non-magnetic compass which is based on a fast-spinning disc and the rotation of the Earth (or another planetary body if used elsewhere in the universe)...
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Oren Cass (redirect from American Compass)
has served as the chief economist at American Compass, a conservative think tank. He previously worked on the presidential campaigns of Mitt Romney in...
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Compass Minerals International, Inc is an American public company that, through its subsidiaries, is a leading producer of minerals, including salt, magnesium...
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BBVA USA (redirect from Compass Bancshares, Inc.)
Mexico, and Texas. The bank was earlier named Central Bank and Trust Company, Central Bank, Central Bancshares of the South, and Compass Bancshares. On March...
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The Grid Compass is a family of laptop computers introduced in 1982 by the Grid Systems Corporation. The design for the Compass was rendered by Bill Moggridge...
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In geometry, the compass equivalence theorem is an important statement in compass and straightedge constructions. The tool advocated by Plato in these...
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Cardinal direction (redirect from Compass Direction Using Watch)
The four cardinal directions, or cardinal points, are the four main compass directions: north, south, east, and west, commonly denoted by their initials...
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A hand compass (also hand bearing compass or sighting compass) is a compact magnetic compass capable of one-hand use and fitted with a sighting device...
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The EC-130H Compass Call is an electronic attack aircraft flown by the United States Air Force. Based on the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, the aircraft is...
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