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A compass is a navigational instrument that indicates the direction to the magnetic poles.

Contents

• Tools
• Art and entertainment
• Music
• Television
• Business and organizations
• Nature
• Publications
• Science and technology
• Navigation
• Traffic
• Other
• Other uses
• See also

Compass may also refer to:

Tools

• Compass calipers, a tool to measure distances on a chart or map
• Compass (drawing tool), a tool to inscribe circles and arcs

Art and entertainment

• Compass (novel), a 2015 novel by Mathias Enard
• Compass (Hudson), a 2005 public artwork by American artist Jon Barlow Hudson
• Compass (Simpson), a 2003 public art work by American artist Gail Simpson
• Compass Players (or Compass Theater), a 1950s improvised cabaret revue in Chicago, Illinois

Business and organizations

• Compass, Inc., an American real estate brokerage
• Compass (think tank), a British political think tank
• Compass Datacenters inc., a datacenter company
• Compass Airlines (Australia), operated 1990–1993
• Compass Airlines (North America), a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines
• Compass Design Automation, a former integrated circuit design company
• Compass Group, a British food-service and facilities-management company
• Compass International Pictures, an American film-distribution company
• Massachusetts Computer Associates, also known as COMPASS
• Project Compass, a British programme to help ex-service personnel

Nature

• Compass cactus or barrel cactus, members of the genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus
• Compass plant (Silphium laciniatum), a kind of sunflower
• Pyxis, abbreviated from Pyxis Nautica, Latin for mariner's compass, southern constellation

Publications

• The Daily Compass , a 1949–1952 New York City, New York, newspaper
• Social Work (journal), an academic journal known as The Compass from 1920 to 1948

Science and technology

Other uses

• Compass (law), to purpose (or intend) something
• Compass, Pennsylvania, United States
• Operation Compass, a World War II military operation in the North African campaign
• Political compass, a multi-axis model used to label or organize political thought

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Compass
• All pages with titles containing Compass
• Compas (disambiguation)

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