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quarter points

quarter points is the plural of quarter point.

Meaning of quarter point

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.

Questions about quarter points

What is quarter points the plural of?
Quarter points is the plural of quarter point.

Words near quarter points in the dictionary

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

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