Definition of "compasses" [com•pass•es]

• Plural form of compass. (noun)

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• "Verbal testimony connected his great poem of farewell and consolation, for example, “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” (with its famous image of the couple as “stiffe twin compasses”) with Donne’s departure for France in 1611."
• "After some investigation, you find that one of the compasses is located next to a strong magnet, which you have good reason to believe is strongly biasing that compass’s readings."
• "They compared these standards to devices such as compasses and t-squares, that artisans use to guide their work."