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quarter point

quarter point noun: any of the 32 points of the compass achieved by bisecting the angles of the sixteen half-points; for example, north by east (lying between north and north-northeast) or northwest by west (lying between northwest and west-northwest). The compass point corresponding to a quarter-wind.

Noun

quarter point (plural quarter points)

  1. Any of the 32 points of the compass achieved by bisecting the angles of the sixteen half-points; for example, north by east (lying between north and north-northeast) or northwest by west (lying between northwest and west-northwest). The compass point corresponding to a quarter-wind.

Forms of quarter point

pluralquarter points
alternative formquarter-point

Questions about quarter point

What does quarter point mean?
Quarter point means any of the 32 points of the compass achieved by bisecting the angles of the sixteen half-points; for example, north by east (lying between north and north-northeast) or northwest by west (lying between northwest and west-northwest). The compass point corresponding to a quarter-wind.
What part of speech is quarter point?
Quarter point is a noun.
What is the plural of quarter point?
The plural of quarter point is quarter points.

Words near quarter point in the dictionary

  1. quarter notes
  2. quarter of
  3. quarter of an hour
  4. quarter pipe
  5. quarter pipes
  6. quarter point
  7. quarter points
  8. quarter pole
  9. quarter pounder
  10. quarter pounders
  11. quarter rest

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