Compass (disambiguation)

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A compass is a navigational instrument that indicates the direction to the magnetic poles.

Compass may also refer to:

Navigation

• Dividers, a tool to measure distance on a chart
• Compass, a tool that shows direction in relation to the four cardinal directions

Graphical arts

• Compass (drafting), a tool to draw circles and arcs
• Compass (architecture), a curved circular form

Business and organizations

• Compass (think tank), a UK left-wing political think tank
• Compass Airlines (Australia), one of two Australian airlines
• Compass Airlines (North America), a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines
• Compass Group, a UK food service company
• Compass International Pictures a film distribution company
• Project Compass a UK based ex-services homeless programme

Nature

• Compass Plant, also Compass Flower, common names for Silphium laciniatum, a kind of sunflower
• Compass cactus, otherwise known as Barrel cactus

Science and technology

• Brunton compass, type of precision compass
• Compass navigation system, a Chinese satellite navigation system
• COMPASS experiment, a particle physics experiment at CERN
• Compass Project, a Java search engine framework
• COMPASS, Comprehensive Assembler, a programming language
• COMPASS, the Freeway Traffic Management System, a traffic management system in Canada
• Compass Card, a contactless smart card used for public transit in San Diego, California
• Compass Card (TransLink), an electronic payment system used for public transit in Vancouver, Canada
• Grid Compass, the first laptop computer
• Hand compass, any compact magnetic compass capable of one-hand use
• Radio direction finder, a tool used in direction finding that coincides with radio communications
• Jeep Compass, a compact crossover SUV
• An alternative name of Beidou Navigation Satellite System

Television

• Compass (TV program), an Australian news-documentary series
• CBC News: Compass, the local news program on Prince Edward Island
• Compass (Falling Skies), an episode of the American television drama series Falling Skies

Music and entertainment

• Compass Records, an independent record label founded in 1995
• Compass Players (or Compass Theater), a 1950s improvised cabaret revue in Chicago, Illinois
• Compass (Jamie Lidell album), 2010
• Compass (Assemblage 23 album), 2009
• "Compass" (Lady Antebellum song), 2013

Other uses

• Compass (law), to purpose (or intend) something
• The Daily Compass, a 1949–1952 New York City, New York, newspaper
• Operation Compass, a World War II military operation in the North African campaign
• Political compass, a multi-axis model used to label or organize political thought
• Compass (Hudson), a 2005 public artwork by American artist Jon Barlow Hudson
• Compass (Simpson), a 2003 public art work by American artist Gail Simpson

See also

• compas (disambiguation)

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