compass swing
The process of swinging and compensating a ship or aircraft compass by determining and…The process of swinging and compensating a ship or aircraft compass by determining and reducing the deviation coefficients and recording the residual deviations; now done by computer.
» The compass needle swung to the north.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The process of swinging and compensating a ship or aircraft compass by determining and reducing the deviation coefficients and recording the residual deviations; now done by computer.
Examples
1 sentencesThe compass needle swung to the north.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable