compass
Brújula
definition
verb
the ship wherein Magellan compassed the world
go around (something) in a circular course.
he compassed his end only by the exercise of violence
contrive to accomplish (something).
noun
Point the binos in any direction and a digital compass takes a bearing.
an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
Discover that despite the aid of pairs of compasses , scissors and anything else you consider useful, the most you can get in before it breaks is about 1 cm.
an instrument for drawing circles and arcs and measuring distances between points, consisting of two arms linked by a movable joint, one arm ending in a point and the other usually carrying a pencil or pen.
translation of 'compass'
verb
conseguir
noun
alcance,
compás,
extensión,
brújula
example
Often we look to the church as a moral 'compass' for direction.
Using a 'compass' to create hundreds of circles in delicate works on paper, Hesse carried Minimalist repetition and seriality to the point of obsession.
Yet the moral of the book may be expressed within the 'compass' of a single phrase - too much intelligence, and not enough brains.
the cellos were playing in a rather sombre part of their 'compass'
It is wonderfully satisfying to make these pictures by hand, patiently, with pencil and paper, 'compass' and straightedge.
American roads also frustrated the traveller seeking to move diagonally rather than according to the four cardinal points of the 'compass' .
It is, almost, within the 'compass' of our understanding.
It got me puzzling about the points of the 'compass' .
Crewe was ideally placed on the rail network, with connections running to all points of the 'compass'
Within the relatively narrow 'compass' of Northumberland and Durham - as it must seem to us today - it might even be said that he was a great one.
the event had political repercussions that are beyond the 'compass' of this book
Did such matters fall within the 'compass' of judicial review at all?
To absorb 5,000 years of a country's rich cultural past within the 'compass' of seven days, was like delving into a honeypot and emerging in a daze.
By ‘science’ he means ‘all that can fall within the 'compass' of human understanding’.
A magnetometer is a device that, like the magnet of a 'compass' , reacts to changes in the earth's magnetic field.
Letters continued to stream in from all points of the 'compass' - 538 of them in a single day, with the temperature steadily mounting.
All of this, he believed, falls within the 'compass' of science.
This is easily determined by holding a 'compass' near the magnet to determine if the strength of the magnet overrides the magnetic force of the poles.
South is the least trustworthy direction on a 'compass' .
this region had within its 'compass' many types of agriculture
We had some sturdy white board behind a cabinet, so I brought that out for him, along with a 'compass' , yardstick, pencil, glue, and Exacto knife.
While sipping hot tea, I tweak my 'compass' declination and draw bearing lines on our map.
The matter is totally within the 'compass' of the jury's jurisdiction to determine.
Through binoculars they're visible at all points of the 'compass' ; gawky, fragile, birdlike skeletons of metal hauling skywards monstrous slabs of concrete and steel.
The car stopped further back on North Terrace, probably not within the 'compass' of the map, but at best somewhere towards that very far left-hand side of the map.
As a musical instrument the singing voice has wide tonal 'compass' and uniquely variable pitch, intensity, and stress.
The question is whether that school falls within the 'compass' of this particular legislation.
As philosophers or historians we treat the datum as something impersonal to be brought within the 'compass' of our own world of thought.
a regular heptagon cannot be constructed accurately with only ruler and 'compass'
Roughly, one measures everything with a ruler and 'compass' and sets things up according to strict astrological correspondences.
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