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COMPASS POINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
Example:
he checked the point on his compass
Synonyms:
compass point; point
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("compass point" is a kind of...):
direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compass point"):
NbW; north by west (the compass point that is one point west of due north)
NNW; nor'-nor'-west; north northwest (the compass point that is midway between north and northwest)
northwest by north; NWbN (the compass point that is one point north of northwest)
nor'-west; northwest; northwestward; NW (the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees)
northwest by west; NWbW (the compass point that is one point west of northwest)
west northwest; WNW (the compass point midway between west and northwest)
WbN; west by north (the compass point that is one point north of due west)
WbS; west by south (the compass point that is one point south of due west)
west southwest; WSW (the compass point midway between west and southwest)
southwest by west; SWbW (the compass point that is one point west of southwest)
sou'-west; southwest; southwestward; SW (the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees)
southwest by south; SWbS (the compass point that is one point south of southwest)
sou'-sou'-west; south southwest; SSW (the compass point midway between south and southwest)
SbW; south by west (the compass point that is one point west of due south)
SbE; south by east (the compass point that is one point east of due south)
sou'-sou'-east; south southeast; SSE (the compass point midway between south and southeast)
SEbS; southeast by south (the compass point that is one point south of southeast)
SE; sou'-east; southeast; southeastward (the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees)
SEbE; southeast by east (the compass point that is one point east of southeast)
east southeast; ESE (the compass point midway between east and southeast)
east by south; EbS (the compass point that is one point south of due east)
east by north; EbN (the compass point that is one point north of due east)
east northeast; ENE (the compass point midway between northeast and east)
NEbE; northeast by east (the compass point that is one point east of northeast)
NE; nor'-east; northeast; northeastward (the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees)
NEbN; northeast by north (the compass point that is one point north of northeast)
NNE; nor'-nor'-east; north northeast (the compass point that is midway between north and northeast)
NbE; north by east (the compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north)
cardinal compass point (one of the four main compass points)
