5 sentences with 'compass'
Example sentences and phrases with the word compass and other words derived from it.
• « The Chinese are supposed to have been the first to use a rudimentary compass, although the most reliable and oldest record of it is from the navigators of southern Italy, around the year 1200. »
• « The explanation for the magnetic phenomenon behind the compass was given by an English physician in 1600. »
• « Above Uranus and its rings we can appreciate their simplicity: the rings seem to be drawn with compass and protractor like a great geometric exercise around the water-coloured planet. »
• « locate the site on a map of the area; cardinal points; use the compass and observe the position and path of the sun. »
• « Deists also promoted the belief that personal morality, the individual's moral compass leading to good deeds and actions, is more important than the strict doctrines of the church. »