any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
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compass point |
point |
sample sentences
"he checked the point on his compass"
semantic pointers
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cardinal compass point
north by east, NbE
north northeast, nor'-nor'-east, NNE
northeast by north, NEbN
northeast, nor'-east, northeastward, NE
northeast by east, NEbE
east northeast, ENE
east by north, EbN
east by south, EbS
east southeast, ESE
southeast by east, SEbE
southeast, sou'-east, southeastward, SE
southeast by south, SEbS
south southeast, sou'-sou'-east, SSE
south by east, SbE
south by west, SbW
south southwest, sou'-sou'-west, SSW
southwest by south, SWbS
southwest, sou'-west, southwestward, SW
southwest by west, SWbW
west southwest, WSW
west by south, WbS
west by north, WbN
west northwest, WNW
northwest by west, NWbW
northwest, nor'-west, northwestward, NW
northwest by north, NWbN
north northwest, nor'-nor'-west, NNW
north by west, NbW