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compass north
noun
Navigation.
- magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
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Our eastern view was now bounded by the range of snowy mountains from Mount Baker, bearing by compass north, to Mount Rainier, bearing north 54 degrees east.
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At noon the south-easternmost Deserter bore by compass north 17°. west, by which we made its latitude 32°.
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Accordingly, he turned the craft about, gave it full reef, and started by the compass north but, in fact, directly south.
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