circular plane compass plane | a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces |
compass | navigational instrument for finding directions |
compass | drafting instrument used for drawing circles |
compass card mariner's compass | compass in the form of a card that rotates so that degrees or North points to magnetic north |
compass saw | a handsaw with a narrow triangular blade for cutting curves |
magnetic compass | compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north |
radio compass | a direction finder that gives a bearing by determining the direction of incoming radio signals |
scope range reach orbit compass ambit | an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: the range of a supersonic jet, a piano has a greater range than the human voice, the ambit of municipal legislation, within the compass of this article, within the scope of an investigation, outside the reach of the law, in the political orbit of a world power |
compass range reach grasp | the limit of capability, within the compass of education |
compass plant compass flower | any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass |
prairie bird's-foot trefoil compass plant prairie lotus prairie trefoil Lotus americanus | North American annual with red or roseolored flowers |
compass point point | any of horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass, he checked the point on his compass |
cardinal compass point | one of the four main compass points |
north magnetic north compass north | the direction in which a compass needle points |
grok get the picture comprehend savvy dig grasp compass apprehend | get the meaning of something, Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter? |
circumnavigate compass | travel around, either by plane or ship, We compassed the earth |
compass ,u | bring about, accomplish, This writer attempts more than his talents can compass |
exchangeable interchangeable similar standardized standardised | capable of replacing or changing places with something else, permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability, interchangeable electric outlets interchangeable parts |
interchangeable | (mathematics, logic) such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged, the arguments of the symmetric relation, `is a sister of,' are interchangeable |