What is a compass and what does it do?

Anonymous

∙ 11y ago

Updated: 8/16/2019

1. A device using a magnetized needle to point to the direction of magnetic north (which is actually a south pole, but that's another story).

2. A device for drawing circles.

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∙ 11y ago

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