compass card
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of compass card
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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I actually prefer trying to hold a number on its screen rather than trying to keep a compass card in alignment.
From Time Magazine Archive
But they never look at the instrument board on a line run without seeing on the compass card a sharp reminder of a TWA deficiency: all its routes run east and west.
From Time Magazine Archive
She came aft to where I was standing, and, having looked at the compass card, gazed round her.
From The Beautiful White Devil by Boothby, Guy Newell
The compass card, probably the most interesting of any found in the wooden instruments, is hand-colored in black, blue, red, and gold.
From Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers by Bedini, Silvio A.
The latter is fashioned from walnut with an engraved compass card inscribed "Aaron Breed Boston."
From Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers by Bedini, Silvio A.
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