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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.)
... rose , 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 as well. On relatively large-scale charts the magnetic compass rose is displayed, on British Admiralty charts usually in magenta, inside the rose aligned with true north. The date of the magnetic variation is always given and the rate of change. Mike...
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A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology 1450–2000
...-rose In cartography, a compass-rose is the pointed star at the centre of a depicted compass dial that is a common feature of medieval and early modern maps and portolans. Derived from the ancient Greek concept of the eight named winds in the Tower of Winds at Athens, early prototypes of compass-roses, generally known as ‘wind-roses’, featured eight points, the north in the form of a spearhead. By the thirteenth century, they were divided into thirty-two points, all projecting or radiating rhumb-lines, although the number of points represented in any given...
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The Oxford Companion to Music
...Compass Rose, The . Suite of eight pieces for small orchestra ( 1988–94 ) by Kagel...
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The Canadian Oxford Dictionary (2 ed.)
... rose ▶ noun a graduated circle showing the points of the compass...
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New Oxford American Dictionary (3 ed.)
... rose / 'kəmpəs roʊz / ▶ noun a circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart . circle showing principal directions printed on map or chart diagram compass rose compass ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.)
... rose ▶ noun a graduated circle printed on a map or chart from which bearings can be taken . graduated circle printed on map or chart from which bearings can be taken diagram compass rose compass ...
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23 The History of the Book in the Low Countries Reference library
Paul Hoftijzer
The Oxford Companion to the Book
... (2 vols, 1984–7) M. Smeyers , Flemish Miniatures from the 8 th to the mid-16 th Century (1999) M. van Delft and C. de Wolf , eds., Bibliopolis: History of the Printed Book in the Netherlands (2003), www.bibliopolis.nl , consulted Feb. 2008 L. Voet , The Golden Compasses: A History and Evaluation of the Printing and Publishing Activities of the Officina Plantiniana (2 vols,...
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Dale C. Allison, Jr. and Dale C. Allison, Jr.
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...and resurrection constitute the conclusion. 11. The primary structure of the gospel is narrative (N) + discourse (D) + narrative (N) + discourse (D), etc., and the plot is determined by the major theme of each narrative section and each discourse. Pictorially, and in minimum compass: 1–4 N the main character introduced 5–7 D Jesus' demands upon Israel 8–9 N Jesus' deeds within and for Israel 10 D extension of ministry through words and deeds of others 11–12 N negative response 13 D explanation of negative response 14–17 N founding of new community 18 D...
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