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n. (plural of compass point English)
Usage examples of "compass points".
Derec began by creating a mental map of the great chamber, assigning arbitrary compass points with the E-cell as his reference for south.
Bull's-eyes of thick glass looked out over the city at the four compass points, and there was one set overhead, A single green light was glowing on one of the panels.
He had a built-in sense of direction and while in school had won many bets by being blindfolded and always picking out the correct compass points.
At one block's distance he crossed the street, taking the opportunity again to scan all four compass points.
A jagged line drew itself across a display gridded with kilometer squares and compass points.
When the cup was cast, he found it to be exactly what he wanted, but he had further requirements: On each of the compass points a star, on the flat side an eagle.
She left the security of the lodge and went to each of the compass points and to the salient ridges in between, and at each she scooped up a handful of mud and mixed it with grass and kneaded in a copious supply of castoreum, and when the job was done she swam back to the middle of her lake and smelled the night air.
The flames in the candles at the compass points guttered wildly The fire in the burner leaned into the breeze, away from Wendy.