Translation for 'compass' from English to Bulgarian

compass {noun}

компас {м}

• This justifies the use of "fixed compass" moves (constructing a circle of a given radius at a different location) in proofs of the Mohr–Mascheroni theorem, which states that any construction possible with straightedge and compass can be accomplished with compass alone.
• In 1903 the first compass factory was established.
• He also was a surveyor and when he was a lieutenant colonel, and invented a compass clinometer system which was built by Elliott Bros.
• Modern nautical charts use the star to indicate true north on the outer of the two compass circles of a compass rose, symbolizing the North Star.
• It has a representation of the compass rose with its 32 compass points, just as on the face of the ship's compass.

• Compass-and-straightedge, also known as ruler-and-compass construction, is the construction of lengths, angles, and other geometric figures using only an idealized ruler and compass.
• Compass turns (turns using the magnetic compass as the primary reference instrument) are not standard practice in modern aircraft.
• The Compass Coming Soon program pre-markets properties on compass.com.
• The compass was an addition to the ancient method of navigation based on sightings of the sun and stars.
• The Poncelet-Steiner theorem reduces Ferrari's rusty compass equivalence, a claim at the time, to a single-use compass: "all points necessary to uniquely describe any compass-straightedge construction may be achieved with only a straightedge, once the first circle has been placed."

• The lupan is a Chinese magnetic compass, also known as a feng shui compass.
• In 1870 Sir William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) designed his dry card standard compass, which completely replaced all previous designs.