16 compass points on a compass rose
compass point (plural compass points )
Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass . There may be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or even 128 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy.
Usage notes
edit
For the names of the individual compass points see the Wikipedia article on Points of the compass
Hyponyms
edit
Related terms
edit
Translations
edit
any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass
Catalan: punt cardinal (ca) m
Dutch: windstreek (nl) f , windrichting (nl) f
Estonian: ilmakaared , kompassisuunad
Finnish: kompassisuunta , ilmansuunta (fi)
French: point cardinal (fr) m
German: Himmelsrichtung (de) f
Hungarian: égtáj (hu) , világtáj (hu)
Indonesian: mata angin (id)
Irish: rinn f , rinn compáis f , aird an chompáis f
Italian: punto cardinale m
Japanese: 方角 (ja) ( ほうがく, hōgaku )
Latin: (please verify ) plaga caeli
Latvian: debespuse f
Macedonian: страна на светот f ( strana na svetot )
Malay: mata angin
Polish: strona świata f
Portuguese: ponto cardeal (pt) m
Romanian: direcție cardinală f , punct cardinal (ro) n
Romansch: direcziun f , direcziùn f ( Sutsilvan )
Russian: сторона́ све́та (ru) f ( storoná svéta ) , страна́ све́та f ( straná svéta )
Sanskrit: दिशा (sa) f ( diśā )
Scottish Gaelic: àird f
Spanish: punto cardinal m
Swedish: väderstreck (sv) n
See also
edit
Further reading
edit