Boxing the compass is the action of naming all thirty-two principal points of the compass in clockwise order. A compass, magnetic compass or mariner's compass is a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the earth's Magnetic poles It consists A clockwise motion is one that proceeds 'like the Clock 's hands' from the top to the right then down and then to the left and back to the top Such names, formed by the initials of the cardinal directions and their intermediate ordinal directions, are accepted internationally, even though they have their origin in the English language, and are very handy to refer to a heading (or a course) in a general or colloquial fashion, without having to resort to computing or recalling angle numbers. In a written work an initial is a letter at the beginning of a work a Chapter or a Paragraph that is larger than the rest of the text In Navigation, a course is the intended path of a vehicle over the surface of the Earth A colloquialism is an expression not used in formal speech, writing or Paralinguistics. Despite the name of the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock movie, North by Northwest, there is no such direction. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 North by Northwest ( 1959) is a suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and However, old timers allow three letter directions to have a 'by' inserted beween the first and second letter. Hence, NNW becomes North by Northwest, per Hitchcock's title.
Compass points
| # | Compass point | Abbr. | Traditional wind point | True heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North | N | Tramontana | 0. Tramontane ( Tramuntana, Tramontana) is a classical name for a northern wind 00° |
| 2 | North by east | NbE | 11. 25° | |
| 3 | North-northeast | NNE | 22. 50° | |
| 4 | Northeast by north | NEbN | 33. 75° | |
| 5 | Northeast | NE | Greco Bora | 45. Bora ( Croatian: bura, Slovenian: burja, Bulgarian: буран, Turkish: poyraz) is a northern to 00° |
| 6 | Northeast by east | NEbE | 56. 25° | |
| 7 | East-northeast | ENE | 67. 50° | |
| 8 | East by north | EbN | 78. 75° | |
| 9 | East | E | Levante | 90. Viento de Levante or the Levanter refers to an easterly Wind that blows in the western Mediterranean, an example of Mountain-gap 00° |
| 10 | East by south | EbS | 101. 25° | |
| 11 | East-southeast | ESE | 112. 50° | |
| 12 | Southeast by east | SEbE | 123. 75° | |
| 13 | Southeast | SE | Sirocco | 135. Sirocco, scirocco, jugo or rarely siroc is a Mediterranean Wind that comes from 00° |
| 14 | Southeast by south | SEbS | 146. 25° | |
| 15 | South-southeast | SSE | 157. 50° | |
| 16 | South by east | SbE | 168. 75° | |
| 17 | South | S | Ostro | 180. For the Super Mario Bros 2 enemy see List of Mario series enemies. 00° |
| 18 | South by west | SbW | 191. 25° | |
| 19 | South-southwest | SSW | 202. 50° | |
| 20 | Southwest by south | SWbS | 213. 75° | |
| 21 | Southwest | SW | Libeccio | 225. The Libeccio is the westerly or south-westerly wind which predominates in northern Corsica all the year round it frequently raises high seas and may give violent westerly squalls 00° |
| 22 | Southwest by west | SWbW | 236. 25° | |
| 23 | West-southwest | WSW | 247. 50° | |
| 24 | West by south | WbS | 258. 75° | |
| 25 | West | W | Ponente Zephyrus | 270. In Greek Mythology, the Anemoi (in Greek, Άνεμοι &mdash " winds " were Wind gods who were each ascribed 00° |
| 26 | West by north | WbN | 281. 25° | |
| 27 | West-northwest | WNW | 292. 50° | |
| 28 | Northwest by west | NWbW | 303. 75° | |
| 29 | Northwest | NW | Mistral | 315. The Mistral in France is a fresh or cold often violent and usually dry Wind, blowing throughout the year but is most frequent in winter and spring 00° |
| 30 | Northwest by north | NWbN | 326. 25° | |
| 31 | North-northwest | NNW | 337. 50° | |
| 32 | North by west | NbW | 348. 75° |
See also
- Compass
- Heading (disambiguation)
- Course (navigation)
- Bearing (navigation)
- Navigation
- Cardinal direction
- Ordinal direction
- Compass rose
- Wind rose
External links
- Wind Rose – discusses the origins of the names for compass directions. A compass, magnetic compass or mariner's compass is a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the earth's Magnetic poles It consists In Navigation, a course is the intended path of a vehicle over the surface of the Earth In Navigation, a bearing is the direction one object is from another object Navigation is the process of reading and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another For Compass Airlines an Airline in the US using the Callsign "Compass Rose" See Compass Airlines A compass rose is a figure displaying the orientation A wind rose is a graphic tool used by Meteorologists to give a succinct view of how Wind speed and direction are typically distributed at a particular location
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