- Direction-finding instrument - Drawing tool - Navigational instrument - A passing round; circuit; circuitous course. - An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within
the compass of an encircling wall. - An inclosed space; an area; extent. - Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of
his eye; the compass of imagination.
- Dominion - Govern - Guide - Make a line - Regulation - Reign - That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct
or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an
authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as,
the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of
etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket.
- of Defilade - The art or act of determining the directions and
heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the
interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range,
or from any works which may be erected.