1Point out a compass direction without the help of a compass.
2We abandoned the road and traveled by a footpath across country in the compass direction of our objective.
3In contrast, the great circle route provides the shortest distance between the two cities, but the compass direction varies along this route.
4This is most easily done by taking the angle at which the strata are inclined and the compass direction in which they slant.
5So we took the compass direction, in order to assure consistency at least, and struck off at full right angles to the left.
6I know compass directions!
7Drawn inside the balloon, at its very center, is a simple shape, a circle with eight rays projecting from it in the eight compass directions.
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