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MARINER'S COMPASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mariner's compass mean?
• MARINER'S COMPASS (noun)
The noun MARINER'S COMPASS has 1 sense:
1. compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic north
Familiarity information: MARINER'S COMPASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic north
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
compass card; mariner's compass
Hypernyms ("mariner's compass" is a kind of...):
magnetic compass (compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north)
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