Compass

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Compass

Compass : திசைகாட்டி, காந்த ஊசி

Compass : காந்த ஊசி,திசைகாட்டி,திசைகாட்டி,காந்த ஊசி

Compass : வட்டமிடும் கருவி

Compass definition

Noun.

  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 earth's 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.

Transitive verb.

  1. To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
  2. To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.
  3. To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.
  4. To curve; to bend into a circular form.
  5. To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.