compass

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Senso (Inglese)

1. A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
2. A pair of compasses (a device used to draw circular arcs and transfer length measurements).
3. The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.
4. (obsolete) A space within limits; an area.
5. (obsolete) An enclosing limit; a boundary, a circumference.
6. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
7. Synonym of scope.
8. (obsolete) Range, reach.
9. (obsolete) A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

range

little box

magnetic needle

parcel of land

circuitous course

half-round

piece of ground

piece of land

standoffishness

drafting instrument

territorial dominion

ulteriority

grasp with the mind

compass about

big bear

semicrcular

bearing bar

borough

Frequenza

Con trattino come

com‧pass

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkʌmpəs/

From Middle English compas (“a circle, circuit, limit, form, a mathematical instrument”), from Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus (“a circle, a circuit”), from Latin com- (“together”) + passus (“a pace, step, later a pass, way, route”); see pass, pace.