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compass
Compass tarimas:
/'kʌmpəs/
Compass audio:
Žodžio paaiškinimas anglų kalba:
- noun: A device used to determine geographic direction, usually consisting of a magnetic needle or needles horizontally mounted or suspended and free to pivot until aligned with the earth's magnetic field.
- noun: Another device, such as a radio compass or a gyrocompass, used for determining geographic direction.
- noun: A V-shaped device for describing circles or circular arcs and for taking measurements, consisting of a pair of rigid, end-hinged legs, one of which is equipped with a pen, pencil, or other marker and the other with a sharp point providing a pivot about which the drawing leg is turned. Also called pair of compasses.
- noun: An enclosing line or boundary; a circumference: outside the compass of the fence. See Synonyms at
circumference . - noun: A restricted space or area: four huge crates within the compass of the elevator.
- noun: Range or scope, as of understanding, perception, or authority: "Lacking a coherent intellectual and moral commitment, [he] was forced to find his compass in personal experience” ( Doris Kearns Goodwin). See Synonyms at
range . - noun: Music See
range . - verb-transitive: To make a circuit of; circle: The sailboat compassed the island.
- verb-transitive: To surround; encircle. See Synonyms at
surround . - verb-transitive: To understand; comprehend.
- verb-transitive: To succeed in carrying out; accomplish. See Synonyms at
reach . - verb-transitive: To scheme; plot.
- adjective: Forming a curved configuration.
- adjective: Semicircular. Used of bow windows.
Lietuviškos reikšmės:
- beyond my compass daugiau negu aš galiu suprasti
- skriestuvas
- sugalvoti
- kompasas
- apimtis
- diapazonas
- pasiekti
- įgyvendinti