"pair of compasses" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pairs of compasses [plural]
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  1. A tool for drawing accurate circles or circular arcs, or for measuring or transferring lengths, usually consisting of two arms joined with an adjustable hinge at one end; until the middle ages both arms always had metal points at their free ends (this version is now called a divider or pair of dividers), but in recent centuries for a device called a compass or pair of compasses, one arm typically holds a ruling pen, pencil, or some other implement for making marks. Wikipedia link: pair of compasses Categories (topical): Geometry, Tools Synonyms: compass Hyponyms: beam compass Derived forms: compass (english: alternate name), beam compass Related terms: dividers Translations (tool used to draw circles): διαβήτης (diabḗtēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), καρκίνος (karkínos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), فِرْجَار (firjār) [masculine] (Arabic), بِرْكَار (birkār) [masculine] (Arabic), دَوَّارَة (dawwāra) [feminine] (Arabic), بِيكَار (bīkār) [masculine] (Arabic), فرجار (firjār) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), կարկին (karkin) (Armenian), pərgar (Azerbaijani), konpas (Basque), цыркуль (cyrkulʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), перге́л (pergél) [masculine] (Bulgarian), compàs [masculine] (Catalan), 圓規 (Chinese Cantonese), 圆规 (jyun⁴ kwai¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 圓規 (Chinese Mandarin), 圆规 (yuánguī) (Chinese Mandarin), pergel (Crimean Tatar), kružítko [neuter] (Czech), passer [common-gender] (Danish), passer [masculine] (Dutch), cirkelo (Esperanto), sirkel (Estonian), harppi (Finnish), compas [masculine] (French), compás [masculine] (Galician), ფარგალი (pargali) (Georgian), Zirkel [masculine] (German), διαβήτης (diavítis) [masculine] (Greek), מחוגה (mekhuga) [feminine] (Hebrew), परकार (parkār) (Hindi), körző (Hungarian), sirkill [masculine] (Icelandic), hringfari [masculine] (Icelandic), jangka (Indonesian), compás [masculine] (Irish), compasso (Italian), コンパス (konpasu) (Japanese), һортьг (ğortʹg) (Kalmyk), ಕೈವಾರ (kaivāra) (Kannada), 콤파스 (kompaseu) [North-Korea] (Korean), 컴퍼스 (keompeoseu) [South-Korea] (Korean), circinus [masculine] (Latin), cirkulis [masculine] (Latvian), skriestuvas [masculine] (Lithuanian), шестар (šestar) [masculine] (Macedonian), jangka lukis (Malay), tāporowhita (Maori), tuhiporowhita (Maori), compas (Middle English), passer [masculine] (Norwegian), waawiyebii'igan (Ojibwe), gabalrind [masculine] (Old Irish), پرگار (perger) (Ottoman Turkish), پرگار (pargâr) (Persian), cyrkiel [masculine] (Polish), compasso [masculine] (Portuguese), compas [neuter] (Romanian), ци́ркуль (církulʹ) [masculine] (Russian), šestar [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šestilo [neuter] (Slovene), compás [masculine] (Spanish), bikari (Swahili), passare [common-gender] (Swedish), వృత్తలేఖిని (vr̥ttalēkhini) (Telugu), วงเวียน (wong-wiian) (Thai), กงเวียน (gong-wiian) [obsolete] (Thai), กางเวียน (gaang-wiian) [obsolete] (Thai), pergel (Turkish), sirkul (Uzbek), com-pa (Vietnamese), passer [common-gender] (West Frisian)
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          "roman": "cyrkulʹ",
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          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
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          "code": "id",
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          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
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          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
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          "word": "compás"
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          "code": "sga",
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          "code": "it",
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          "word": "compasso"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "コンパス"
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          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "ğortʹg",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "һортьг"
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          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "kaivāra",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "ಕೈವಾರ"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
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          "word": "콤파스"
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          "code": "ko",
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          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
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          "word": "컴퍼스"
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          "code": "la",
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          "word": "circinus"
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          "code": "lv",
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          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "cirkulis"
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          "code": "lt",
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          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
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          "code": "mk",
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          "word": "шестар"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "jangka lukis"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "tāporowhita"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "tuhiporowhita"
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          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "compas"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "passer"
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        {
          "code": "oj",
          "lang": "Ojibwe",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "waawiyebii'igan"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "perger",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "پرگار"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pargâr",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "پرگار"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "cyrkiel"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "compasso"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "compas"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "církulʹ",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ци́ркуль"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "šestar"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "šestilo"
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          "code": "es",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "compás"
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "bikari"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "passare"
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "vr̥ttalēkhini",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "వృత్తలేఖిని"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "wong-wiian",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "วงเวียน"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
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          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "pergel"
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          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "sirkul"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
          "word": "com-pa"
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          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "կարկին"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "pərgar"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "konpas"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cyrkulʹ",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "цыркуль"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pergél",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "перге́л"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "compàs"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "圓規"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jyun⁴ kwai¹",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "圆规"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "圓規"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuánguī",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "圆规"
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      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "pergel"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kružítko"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "passer"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "passer"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "cirkelo"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "sirkel"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "harppi"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "compas"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "compás"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pargali",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "ფარგალი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zirkel"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diavítis",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "διαβήτης"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "karkínos",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "καρκίνος"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mekhuga",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "מחוגה"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "parkār",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "परकार"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "körző"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sirkill"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hringfari"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "jangka"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "compás"
    },
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      "code": "sga",
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      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "gabalrind"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "compasso"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "konpasu",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "コンパス"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "ğortʹg",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "һортьг"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "kaivāra",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "ಕೈವಾರ"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kompaseu",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "콤파스"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "keompeoseu",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "컴퍼스"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "circinus"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cirkulis"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skriestuvas"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šestar",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "шестар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "jangka lukis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "tāporowhita"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "tuhiporowhita"
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "compas"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "passer"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "waawiyebii'igan"
    },
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "perger",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "پرگار"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pargâr",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "پرگار"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cyrkiel"
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      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "compasso"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "word": "compas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "církulʹ",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ци́ркуль"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "šestilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "compás"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "bikari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "passare"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vr̥ttalēkhini",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "వృత్తలేఖిని"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wong-wiian",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "วงเวียน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gong-wiian",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "กงเวียน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaang-wiian",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "กางเวียน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wong-wiian",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "วงเวียน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "pergel"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "sirkul"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "word": "com-pa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "tool used to draw circles",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "passer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pair of compasses"
}

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