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chart
A map primarily intended for navigation, one of the earliest being the plane chart, hence plain sailing. In very general terms, two types of nautical chart are used at sea, the straightforward ...
compass-rose Reference library
A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology 1450–2000
In cartography, a compass-rose is the pointed star at the centre of a depicted compass dial that is a common
compass rose Quick reference
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.)
a circular diagram displayed on the chart to facilitate measurement of direction. It is graduated in degrees from 0 at the reference direction to 360 and sometimes includes compass points ...
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point
1 A division of the circumference of the conventional compass rose on charts and compass cards, divided and subdivided into 32 points, each of 11° 15′. It showed four cardinal points (N., S., E., W.) ...
wind rose
Quantitative diagram (rose diagram) representing the relative frequencies of different wind directions and wind speeds at a climatic station over a period of time.
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