"compass point" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: compass points [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} compass point (plural compass points)
  1. Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass. There may be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or even 128 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy. Wikipedia link: Points of the compass, en:Points of the compass Related terms: all points of the compass, every point of the compass Translations (any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass): punt cardinal [masculine] (Catalan), windstreek [feminine] (Dutch), windrichting [feminine] (Dutch), ilmakaared (Estonian), kompassisuunad (Estonian), kompassisuunta (Finnish), ilmansuunta (Finnish), point cardinal [masculine] (French), Himmelsrichtung [feminine] (German), égtáj (Hungarian), világtáj (Hungarian), mata angin (Indonesian), rinn [feminine] (Irish), rinn compáis [feminine] (Irish), aird an chompáis [feminine] (Irish), punto cardinale [masculine] (Italian), 方角 (hōgaku) (alt: ほうがく) (Japanese), debespuse [feminine] (Latvian), страна на светот (strana na svetot) [feminine] (Macedonian), mata angin (Malay), strona świata [feminine] (Polish), ponto cardeal [masculine] (Portuguese), direcție cardinală [feminine] (Romanian), punct cardinal [neuter] (Romanian), direcziun [feminine] (Romansch), direcziùn [Sutsilvan, feminine] (Romansch), сторона́ све́та (storoná svéta) [feminine] (Russian), страна́ све́та (straná svéta) [feminine] (Russian), दिशा (diśā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), àird [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), punto cardinal [masculine] (Spanish), väderstreck [neuter] (Swedish)

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