radio compass
a radio receiver with a directional antenna for determining the bearing of the receiver from a radio transmitter.
Origin of radio compass
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How to use radio compass in a sentence
The man he had been sent to track down by means of the radio-compass was coming south over the trail.
On the Yukon Trail | Roy J. SnellThe man, so the radio-compass had said, had taken the trail which led straight away toward the Arctic Ocean.
On the Yukon Trail | Roy J. SnellInstantly his hands flew to the radio-compass as he muttered.
On the Yukon Trail | Roy J. SnellTo catch a radiophone on wheels, Curlie had reasoned, one must mount his radio compass on wheels and pursue the offender.
Curlie Carson Listens In | Roy J. SnellHe adjusted the coil of a radio-compass here, another there and still another here.
Curlie Carson Listens In | Roy J. Snell
British Dictionary definitions for radio compass
any navigational device that gives a bearing by determining the direction of incoming radio waves transmitted from a particular radio station or beacon: See also goniometer (def. 2)
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