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Definition of Compass north
1. Noun. The direction in which a compass needle points.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compass North
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Literary usage of Compass north
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plane Trigonometry with Practical Applications by Leonard Eugene Dickson (1922)
"40), let ON represent true north, OM magnetic north (direction of needle deflected
by variation only), OC compass north (direction of needle deflected by ..."
2. Navigation by Harold Jacoby (1917)
"THE COMPASS the ship is moving: but the angle between that direction and the true
north may be different from the angle between it and the "compass north. ..."
3. A Directory of Names, Pennant Numbers, and Addresses of All Members of the by International Ship Masters' Association of the Great Lakes (1908)
"Note "B"—Since there are a less number of degrees and minutes from the tun's
bearing to the compass north than from the sun's bearing to the magnetic north, ..."
4. Glossary of Navigation: A Vade Mecum for Practical Navigators by John Bradley Harbord, H. B. Goodwin (1897)
"The bearing of the object from the compass north or south point; found by direct
observation with an instrument carrying a magnetic needle. ..."
5. Aerial Navigation by Division of Military Aeronautics, United States, War Dept (1918)
"... of compass north. Deviation of the compass is determined ... bears 10° to the
east of compass north; t Is, the compass bearing df true north is 10'. ..."
6. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"... measured clockwise from compass north. compass north—(DOD, NATO) The unconnected
direction indicated by the north seeking end of a compass needle. ..."
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