pair of compasses
pair of compasses noun: a technical drawing instrument consisting of two hinged legs, one typically equipped with a sharp metal point for anchoring and the other with a holder for a pencil or pen, designed to inscribe circles or arcs of an adjustable radius.
Noun
pair of compasses (plural pairs of compasses)
- A technical drawing instrument consisting of two hinged legs, one typically equipped with a sharp metal point for anchoring and the other with a holder for a pencil or pen, designed to inscribe circles or arcs of an adjustable radius.
- Synonyms:
- compass
pair of compasses meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
pair of compasses in Hindi
- tool used to draw circles
- परकार parkār
pair of compasses in Tamil
- கவராயுதம், கவராயச் சோடி, கவராயம்
pair of compasses in Telugu
- tool used to draw circles
- వృత్తలేఖిని vr̥ttalēkhini
pair of compasses in Kannada
- tool used to draw circles
- ಕೈವಾರ kaivāra
More languagesFewer languages
- pair of compasses in Gujarati
- કંપાસ kampās, પરિકર parikar
- pair of compasses in Sanskrit
- कर्कटक karkaṭaka
- pair of compasses in Tagalog
- kompas, aguhon
- pair of compasses in Arabic
- فِرْجَار firjār, بِرْكَار birkār, دَوَّارَة dawwāra, بِيكَار bīkār
- pair of compasses in Malay
- jangka lukis
- pair of compasses in Indonesian
- jangka
- pair of compasses in Persian
- پرگار pargâr
- pair of compasses in Thai
- วงเวียน wong-wiian, กงเวียน gong-wiian, กางเวียน gaang-wiian
- pair of compasses in Vietnamese
- com-pa
Synonyms of pair of compasses
Forms of pair of compasses
| plural | pairs of compasses |
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Words formed from pair of compasses
Questions about pair of compasses
- What does pair of compasses mean?
- Pair of compasses means a technical drawing instrument consisting of two hinged legs, one typically equipped with a sharp metal point for anchoring and the other with a holder for a pencil or pen, designed to inscribe circles or arcs of an adjustable radius.
- What is pair of compasses in Hindi?
- Pair of compasses in Hindi is परकार (parkār). See Pair of compasses meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pair of compasses?
- Pair of compasses is a noun.
- What is the plural of pair of compasses?
- The plural of pair of compasses is pairs of compasses.
Words near pair of compasses in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pair of compasses (page history and authors); pair of compasses (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); કંપાસ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); कर्कटक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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