Compass (disambiguation)

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

Compass may also refer to:

Also in navigation:

• dividers, a tool to measure distance on a chart
• Compass (drafting), a tool to draw arcs and distances

In the graphical arts:

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

In 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

In nature:

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

In science and technology:

• Compass navigation system, a future 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 payment of public transit services in San Diego County
• GRiD Compass, the first laptop computer
• Radio direction finder, a tool used in direction finding that coincides with radio communications
• Jeep Compass, a compact crossover SUV

In television and entertainment:

• Compass (TV program), an Australian news-documentary series
• CBC News: Compass (PEI), the local news program on Prince Edward Island
• Compass Records, a contemporary record label
• Compass Players (or Compass Theater), a 1950s improvised cabaret revue in Chicago, Illinois
• Compass (album), an album by Jamie Lidell

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

See also

• compas (disambiguation)

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