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compass
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 compass
Navigational instrument for finding directions.
Roget 693:
direction;
management,
managery†;
government,
gubernation†,
conduct,
legislation,
regulation,
guidance;
bossism [U.S.];
legislature;
steerage,
pilotage;
reins,
reins of government;
helm,
rudder,
needle,
compass;
guiding star,
load star,
lode star,
pole star;
cynosure.
supervision,
superintendence;
surveillance,
oversight;
eye of the master;
control,
charge;
board of control
etc.
(council)
696;
command
etc.
(authority)
737.
premiership,
senatorship;
director
etc.
694;
chair,
portfolio.
statesmanship;
statecraft,
kingcraft†,
queencraft†.
ministry,
ministration;
administration;
stewardship,
proctorship†;
agency.
[person who directs]
director
etc.
694.
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Roget 466:
measurement,
admeasurement†,
mensuration,
survey,
valuation,
appraisement,
assessment,
assize;
estimate,
estimation;
dead reckoning,
reckoning
etc.
(numeration)
85;
gauging
etc.
v.;
horse power.
metrology,
weights and measures,
compound arithmetic.
measure,
yard measure,
standard,
rule,
foot rule,
compass,
calipers;
gage,
gauge;
meter,
line,
rod,
check;
dividers;
velo†.
flood mark,
high water mark;
Plimsoll line;
index
etc.
550.
scale;
graduation,
graduated scale;
nonius†;
vernier
etc.
(minuteness)
193.
[instruments for measuring]
bathometer,
galvanometer,
heliometer,
interferometer,
odometer,
ombrometer†,
pantometer†,
pluviometer†,
pneumatometer†,
pneumometer†,
radiometer,
refractometer,
respirometer,
rheometer,
spirometer†,
telemeter,
udometer†,
vacuometer†,
variometer†,
viameter†,
thermometer,
thermistor
(heat)
etc.
382,
barometer
(air)
etc.
338,
anemometer
(wind)
349,
dynamometer,
goniometer,
(angle)
244
meter;
landmark
etc.
(limit)
233;
balance,
scale
etc.
(weight)
319;
marigraph†,
pneumatograph†,
stethograph†;
rain gauge,
rain gage;
voltmeter
(volts),
ammeter
(amps);
spectrophotometer
(light absorbance);
mass spectrophotometer
(molecular mass);
geiger counter,
scintillation counter
(radioactivity);
pycnometer
(liquid density);
graduated cylinder,
volumetric flask
(volume);
radar gun
(velocity);
radar
(distance);
side-looking radar,
(shape, topography);
sonar
(depth in water);
light meter
(light intensity);
clock,
watch,
stopwatch,
chronometer
(time);
anemometer
(wind velocity);
densitometer
(color intensity).
measurability,
computability,
determinability†.
coordinates,
ordinate and abscissa,
polar coordinates,
latitude and longitude,
declination and right ascension,
altitude and azimuth.
geometry,
stereometry†,
hypsometry†;
metage†;
surveying,
land surveying;
geodesy,
geodetics†,
geodesia†;
orthometry†,
altimetry†;
cadastre [Fr.].
astrolabe,
armillary sphere†.
land surveyor;
geometer.
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Nederlands: kompas
Pools: kompas
2 compass
An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control::
— Within the compass of this article.
synoniemen: ambit, orbit, range, reach, scope.
Roget 26:
degree,
grade,
extent,
measure,
amount,
ratio,
stint,
standard,
height,
pitch;
reach,
amplitude,
range,
scope,
caliber;
gradation,
shade;
tenor,
compass;
sphere,
station,
rank,
standing;
rate,
way,
sort.
point,
mark,
stage
etc.
(term)
71;
intensity,
strength
etc.
(greatness)
31.
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Roget 180:
space,
extension,
extent,
superficial extent,
expanse,
stretch,
hyperspace;
room,
scope,
range,
field,
way,
expansion,
compass,
sweep,
swing,
spread.
dimension,
length
etc.
200;
distance
etc.
196;
size
etc.
192;
volume;
hypervolume.
latitude,
play,
leeway,
purchase,
tolerance,
room for maneuver.
spare room,
elbow room,
house room;
stowage,
roomage†,
margin;
opening,
sphere,
arena.
open space,
free space;
void
etc.
(absence)
187;
waste;
wildness,
wilderness;
moor,
moorland;
campagna†.
abyss
etc.
(interval)
198;
unlimited space;
infinity
etc.
105;
world;
ubiquity
etc.
(presence)
186;
length and breadth of the land.
proportions,
acreage;
acres,
acres and perches,
roods and perches,
hectares,
square miles;
square inches,
square yards,
square centimeters,
square meters,
yards
(clothing)
&c.;
ares,
arpents†.
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Nederlands: omvang, domein, invloedssfeer, bereik, draagwijdte, raam, reikwijdte, scope
Pools: zakres
3 compass
The limit of capability:
— Within the compass of education.
synoniemen: grasp, range, reach.
4 compass
Drafting instrument used for drawing circles.
Nederlands: omvang, passer
Pools: cyrkiel
werkwoord
1 compass
Bring about; accomplish.
Roget 729:
effect,
effectuate;
accomplish,
achieve,
compass,
consummate,
hammer out;
bring to maturity,
bring to perfection;
perfect,
complete;
elaborate.
do,
execute,
make;
go through,
get through;
work out,
enact;
bring about,
bring to bear,
bring to pass,
bring through,
bring to a head.
despatch,
dispatch;
knock off,
finish off,
polish off;
make short work of;
dispose of,
set at rest;
perform,
discharge,
fulfill,
realize;
put in practice,
put in force;
carry out,
carry into effect,
carry into execution;
make good;
be as good as one's word.
do thoroughly,
not do by halves,
go the whole hog;
drive home;
be in at the death
etc.
(persevere)
604.1;
carry through,
play out,
exhaust;
fill the bill [U.S.].
finish,
bring to a close
etc.
(end)
67;
wind up,
stamp,
clinch,
seal,
set the seal on,
put the seal;
give the final touch
etc.
n..
to;
put the last,
put the finishing hand to,
put the finishing touches on;
crown,
crown all;
cap.
ripen,
culminate;
come to a head,
come to a crisis;
come to its end;
die a natural death,
die of old age;
run its course,
run one's race;
touch the goal,
reach the goal,
attain the goal;
reach
etc.
(arrive)
292;
get in the harvest.
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Roget 620:
intend,
purpose,
design,
mean;
have to;
propose to oneself;
harbor a design;
have in view,
have in contemplation,
have in one's eye,
have in petto;
have an eye to.
bid for,
labor for;
be after,
aspire after,
endeavor after;
be at,
aim at,
drive at,
point at,
level at,
aspire at;
take aim;
set before oneself;
study to.
take upon oneself
etc.
(undertake)
676;
take into one's head;
meditate,
contemplate of,
think of,
dream of,
talk of;
premeditate
etc.
611;
compass,
calculate;
destine,
destinate†;
propose.
project
etc.
(plan)
626;
have a mind to
etc.
(be willing)
602;
desire
etc.
865;
pursue
etc.
622.
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Roget 227:
lie around
etc.
adv.;
surround,
beset,
compass,
encompass,
environ,
inclose,
enclose,
encircle,
embrace,
circumvent,
lap,
gird;
belt;
begird,
engird†;
skirt,
twine round;
hem in
etc.
(circumscribe)
229.
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2 compass
Travel around, either by plane or ship:
— We compassed the earth.
synoniem: circumnavigate.
3 compass
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