"magnetic compass" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: magnetic compasses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} magnetic compass (plural magnetic compasses)
  1. (military, nautical) An instrument containing a freely suspended magnetic element which displays the direction of the horizontal component of the Earth’s magnetic field at the point of observation. Categories (topical): Military, Nautical, Measuring instruments Synonyms: compass [abbreviation] Translations (instrument): magneettinen kompassi (Finnish), boussole magnétique [feminine] (French), compás magnético [masculine] (Galician), μαγνητική πυξίδα (magnitikí pyxída) [feminine] (Greek), bussola magnetica [feminine] (Italian), 方位磁針 (hōijishin) (Japanese), busola [feminine] (Polish), busolă magnetică [feminine] (Romanian), magnetkompass [common-gender] (Swedish), balniing paraluman (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-magnetic_compass-en-noun--saJNOnm Disambiguation of Measuring instruments: 86 14 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war Disambiguation of 'instrument': 88 12
  2. A supposed organ, in some animals, that allows then to align themselves with the Earth's magnetic field. Categories (topical): Electromagnetism
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Inflected forms

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