meaning of compass

1. A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.
2.
An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.
3.
An inclosed space; an area; extent.
4.
Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.
5.
Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.
6.
The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.
7.
An instrument for determining directions upon the earths surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.
8.
A pair of compasses.
9.
A circle; a continent.
10.
To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
11.
To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.
12.
To reach round; to circumvent; to get within ones power; to obtain; to accomplish.
13.
To curve; to bend into a circular form.
14.
To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.
15.
COMPASS COMPrehensive ASSembler. The assembly language on CDC computers.
16.
navigational instrument for finding directions


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