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COMPASS POINT [3 records]

Record 1 2005-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids
DEF

The angular distance between two successive points of the compass = 11°15'.

CONT

Points of the compass. ... A compass card is a circular card that is attached to the needles of a compass. On the [mariner's] compass card are marked the thirty-two points.

Key term(s)
  • rumb
  • rhombe
  • rhomb
  • romb

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Quantité angulaire comprise entre deux des trente-deux aires de vent du compas, et égale à 11° 15'.

CONT

Chaque arc de 11° 15' de la circonférence de la Rose des vents porte le nom de «rumb de vent» [...]

OBS

Il y a le rumb de vent du compas et le rumb de vent réel ou corrigé, qui diffèrent entre eux d'une quantité égale à la variation, c'est-à-dire à la déclinaison de l'aiguille aimantée.

OBS

On a écrit et on écrit encore parfois «rumb».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
  • Ayuda a la navegación marítima y fluvial
DEF

Las 32 divisiones de un compas a intervalos de 110 15'.

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Record 2 2005-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Ship Piloting
CONT

A wind is named according to the point of the compass from which it blows, e.g., a wind blowing from the north is a north wind.

CONT

Wind directions were recorded using a 32-point compass, usually when there was a significant change. There might therefore be several such observations each day. The wind direction was always the point of the compass from which the wind was blowing and was recorded with regard to magnetic rather than true (geographic) north.

Key term(s)
  • compass point

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Pilotage des navires
DEF

Direction d'où souffle le vent.

CONT

Chaque arc de 11° 15' de la circonférence de la Rose des vents porte le nom de «rumb de vent», et l'on appelle «aire» ou mieux «Aire de vent», la direction dans laquelle le vent souffle.

OBS

La rose des vents est traditionnellement divisée en 32 aires ou quarts de 11° 15'.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Pilotaje de buques
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Record 3 1993-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
  • Hand Tools

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Outillage à main

Spanish

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