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compass errors

compass errors is the plural of compass error.

Meaning of compass error

Noun

compass error (plural compass errors)

  1. The combination of variation and deviation which is the horizontal angle between the direction indicated by a magnetic compass and true north.

Questions about compass errors

What is compass errors the plural of?
Compass errors is the plural of compass error.

Words near compass errors in the dictionary

  1. compass deflection
  2. compass deflections
  3. compass dial
  4. compass dials
  5. compass error
  6. compass errors
  7. compass jellyfish
  8. compass jellyfishes
  9. compass needle
  10. compass needles
  11. compass out

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