Compass (disambiguation)

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

Compass may also refer to:

In tools:

• Compass (drafting), a tool to draw circles and arcs
• Compass (architecture), a curved circular form
• Qibla compass, a tool that gives a Muslim the direction to Mecca
• Radio direction finder, a tool used in direction finding that coincides with radio communications
• Compass (software), a Java Search Engine Framework

In business and organizations:

• Compass (think tank), a UK left-wing political think tank
• Compass Airlines (Australia), one of two Australian airlines
• Compass Airlines (North America), a subsidiary of Northwest Airlines
• Compass Group, a UK food service company
• Compass International Pictures a film distribution company
• Project Compass a UK based ex-services homeless programme

In science and technology:

• GRiD Compass, the first laptop computer
• Compass navigation system, a future Chinese satellite navigation system
• COMPASS experiment, a particle physics experiment at CERN
• COMPASS, Comprehensive Assembler, a programming language
• COMPASS, the Freeway Traffic Management System, a traffic management system in Canada

In television and entertainment:

• Compass (TV program), an Australian news-documentary series
• CBC News: Compass (PEI), the local news program on Prince Edward Island
• Compass Records, a contemporary record label
• Compass Players (or Compass Theater), a 1950's improv caberet revue in Chicago, Illinois

Other uses:

• Political compass, a multi-axis model used to label or organize political thought
• Compass (law), to purpose (or intend) something
• Jeep Compass, a compact crossover SUV
• Operation Compass, a WWII military operation in the North African campaign
• Compass Plant, also Compass Flower, common names for Silphium laciniatum , a kind of sunflower
• Compass cactus, otherwise known as Barrel cactus