"compass card" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: compass cards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} compass card (plural compass cards)
  1. (nautical) The circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass): לוּחַ הַמַּצְפֵּן (luakh hamatspen) [masculine] (Hebrew), cairt chompáis [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-compass_card-en-noun-LEjHnFQb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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