Compass (drafting) - Definition and Overview
Related Words:
Bleeding
,
Bloodletting
,
Broaching
,
Call
,
Charcoal
,
Conscription
,
Cupping
,
Draft
,
Drainage
,
Drawing
,
Impressment
,
Induction
,
Levy
,
Mobilization
,
Muster
,
Phlebotomy
a compass
In
mathematics
and
drafting
, a device known as a
compass
(or pair of compasses) is used by mathematicians and craftsmen in
geometry
to draw or inscribe a
circle
or
arc
. Simply, this type of compass is used as a
drafting
instrument
used for drawing
circles
and in
ruler-and-compass constructions
.
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