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compass
noun as in boundary, periphery
verb as in enclose
Example Sentences
“The only question after the assassination and its immediate celebration is: What the heck is going on with America’s moral compass?” said Heather Mac Donald, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
Hatchlings come equipped with a magnetic compass that helps them maintain direction, and a magnetic map that provides location information essential for successful navigation.
The flight carried an instrument that shines lasers at atoms, which behave like compass needles to measure Earth’s magnetic field in real time.
It was like the needle of a compass pointing at the heavens.
Alexander had drawn a map of the nursery, tinted with watercolors and oriented according to the compass, with all the furniture drawn to scale, down to the last footstool.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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