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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 pointsplay

  Familiarity information: COMPASS NORTH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMPASS NORTH (noun)


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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