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Re: Compass directions and "North by Northwest"
From: Patrick Goold
Date: 2012 Feb 13, 11:10 -0500
From: Patrick Goold
Date: 2012 Feb 13, 11:10 -0500
Jaap,
Point is the English word. The thirty-two named directions on the traditional compass rose are points. Something one point to starboard is 11.25 degrees off the current bearing.
Patrick
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Dr. Patrick Goold
Department of Philosophy
Virginia Wesleyan College
Norfolk, VA 23502
757 455 3357
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Jaap vd Heide <Jaap.vdHeide@xs4all.nl> wrote:
An 11.25° angle is called a "kompasstreek" [en: compass ???] in Dutch and is still used in formal regulations, like on navigation lights on ships. Is there an English word for this?
Regards,
Jaap
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Dr. Patrick Goold
Department of Philosophy
Virginia Wesleyan College
Norfolk, VA 23502
757 455 3357
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