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COMPASS NORTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does compass north mean?
• COMPASS NORTH (noun)
The noun COMPASS NORTH has 1 sense:
1. the direction in which a compass needle points
Familiarity information: COMPASS NORTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The direction in which a compass needle points
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
compass north; magnetic north; north
Hypernyms ("compass north" is a kind of...):
direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)
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