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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 northplay

  Familiarity information: MARINER'S COMPASS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MARINER'S COMPASS (noun)


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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