compass Signification, définition

Signification de compass en français

• 0 a device for finding which way north is -- boussole [ feminine ]

  • Use a compass to guide you. Utilise une boussole pour te guider.

• 1 a device for drawing circles -- compas [ masculine ]

  • to draw a circle with a compass tracer un cercle avec un compas

• 2 an instrument with a magnetized needle, used to find directions -- boussole

  • If he had carried a compass, he would not have lost his way on the hills.

• 3 an instrument with two movable legs, for drawing circles etc -- compas

  • a square and compasses.

• 4 scope or range -- portée, étendue

  • within the compass of human understanding.