コンパス
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コンパス (for drafting): Two kinds of compasses. 
コンパス (for navigation): A simple dry magnetic portable compass.
Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch kompas.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
- a compass or pair of compasses, as used in drafting to draw a circle or mark out distance
- the length of one's stride
- a mariner's compass, as used to find magnetic north
Synonyms
- (for drafting): ぶん回 (bunmawashi)
- (stride): 歩幅 (hohaba)
- (magnetic compass): 羅針盤 (rashinban), 羅針儀 (rashingi), 羅盤 (raban)
Derived terms
- コンパス座 (Konpasu-za): the Compasses constellation, Circinus
- コンパス植物 (konpasu shokubutsu): the compass plant, Silphium laciniatum
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN