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Definition of: compass card
The circular card or dial resting on the pivot of a mariner's compass, on which the 32 points and 360 degrees of the circle are marked. Also compass dial.
The letters are abbreviations of the compass points; to the right of north (at top of card and not lettered) they are read: (N) north, (N by E) north by east. (NNE) north–northeast, (NE by N) northeast by north, etc.
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