WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
com′pass course′, [Naut.]
- Nautical, Naval Termsa course whose bearing is relative to the meridian as given by the navigator's compass, no compensation being made for variation or deviation. Cf. true course, magnetic course.
- 1850–55
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