pelorus
See also: Pelorus
English edit
Etymology edit
Reportedly the name of Hannibal's pilot.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pelorus (plural peloruses)
- A device used to take a bearing on a distant object.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- Light clusters, clear, deep, on the face of the radio gear…fans up softly off the dial of the pelorus…spills out portholes onto the white river.
Translations edit
device to take bearing
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