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81compass plant — noun 1. North American annual with red or rose colored flowers • Syn: ↑prairie bird s foot trefoil, ↑prairie lotus, ↑prairie trefoil, ↑Lotus americanus • Hypernyms: ↑subshrub, ↑suffrutex 2 …
82compass — 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 <… …
83compass — 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… …
84compass — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ digital, magnetic VERB + COMPASS ▪ use ▪ check COMPASS + VERB ▪ show sth …
85compass flower — noun any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass • Syn: ↑compass plant • Hypernyms: ↑composite, ↑composite plant • Hyponyms: ↑prickly lettuce, ↑horse thistle, ↑ …
86compass swinging — A procedure for calculating and correcting for the effects of an aircraft’s magnetic field on its magnetic compass. The aircraft is taken to a designated area where, with all its services that are normally on during a flight, its deviation is… …
87The Second City — For other uses, see The Second City (disambiguation). The Second City logo by Chicago calligrapher John Weber The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago s Old Town neighborhood. The Second City Theatre… …
88compass — 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… …
89compass — 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 …
90compass locator — A low or medium frequency nondirectional beacon co located with middle or outer marker beacons to help establish the pilot on the localizer for an ILS (instrument landing system) approach. Such locators have a power output of less than 25 watts… …
