compass
A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directionsA magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
» I don't know how to use this compass.
Ich weiß nicht, wie man diesen Kompass benutzt.
Я не знаю, как пользоваться этим компасом.
Значение
значений: 10A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
1689/1690, John Locke, On improvement of understanding He that […] first discovered the use of the compass […] did more for the propagation of knowledge […] than those who built workhouses.
Kompass, Seekompass, Bussole
ко́мпасkómpas, буссо́льbussólʹ, компа́сkompás
ко́мпасkómpas, бусо́ляbusólja
A pair of compasses (a device used to draw circular arcs and transfer length measurements).
The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.
диапазо́нdiapazón
Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; used with within.
(официальное)Synonym of scope.
охва́тoxvát
A curved circular form.
(устаревшее)A space within limits; an area.
Umfang, Umkreis
объёмobʺjóm, кругkrug, окру́жностьokrúžnostʹ
(устаревшее)An enclosing limit; a boundary, a circumference.
within the compass of an encircling wall
the limit of capability
(устаревшее)Range, reach.
(устаревшее)A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
Примеры
предложений: 86I don't know how to use this compass.
Я не знаю, как пользоваться этим компасом.
deIch weiß nicht, wie man diesen Kompass benutzt.
Tom doesn't know how to use a compass.
Том не умеет пользоваться компасом.
deTom weiß nicht, wie man einen Kompass benutzt.
Tom always carries a map and compass in his bag.
Том всегда носит в сумке карту и компас.
Compass needles point to the north.
Стрелка компаса указывает на север.
Tom looked at his compass.
Том посмотрел на свой компас.
ukТом подивився на компас.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
По значениям 4
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Происхождение
From Middle English compas (“a circle, circuit, limit, form, a mathematical instrument”),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.
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