compass
21Compass — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Compass est le mot anglais pour boussole et également compas. Le nom Compass peut faire référence à : Compass Group, une multinationale britannique… …
22compass — com|pass [ˈkʌmpəs] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: compas measure, circle, compass , from compasser to measure , from Vulgar Latin compassare to measure by walking , from Latin com ( COM ) + passus ( PACE1)] 1.) an instrument that shows …
23compass — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ digital, magnetic VERB + COMPASS ▪ use ▪ check COMPASS + VERB ▪ show sth …
24compass — n. & v. n. 1 (in full magnetic compass) an instrument showing the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it. 2 (usu. in pl.) an instrument for taking measurements and describing circles, with two arms connected at one end by a movable… …
25compass — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French cumpasser to measure, from Vulgar Latin *compassare to pace off, from Latin com + passus pace Date: 14th century 1. to devise or contrive often with craft or skill ; plot <… …
26compass — Synonyms and related words: Gyrosin compass, Johansson block, RDF, T square, accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, aesthetic distance, alentours, ambience, ambit, amount, annex, attain, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border line,… …
27compass — n. 1) to box the compass 2) to read a compass 3) a magnetic; mariner s compass * * * [ kʌmpəs] mariner s compass a magnetic to box the compass to read a compass …
28compass — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. encompass, bound, surround, define, encircle; beset, besiege; reach, accomplish, effect. n. bounds, extent, scope, area, circumference, range; gamut; needle (naut.). See direction, limit, circuit,… …
29compass — com•pass [[t]ˈkʌm pəs[/t]] n. 1) geo an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north 2) sur Often, compasses. an instrument for drawing or describing circles, measuring… …
30compass — 1. noun /ˈkʌm.pəs/ a) A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north). In going up the Missisippi [sic], we meet with nothing remarkable before we come to the Detour aux Anglois, the… …
