radio compass

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noun
  1. a radio receiver with a directional antenna for determining the bearing of the receiver from a radio transmitter.

Origin of radio compass

1
First recorded in 1915–20

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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. Snell
  • The 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. Snell
  • Instantly his hands flew to the radio-compass as he muttered.

    On the Yukon Trail | Roy J. Snell
  • To catch a radiophone on wheels, Curlie had reasoned, one must mount his radio compass on wheels and pursue the offender.

  • He adjusted the coil of a radio-compass here, another there and still another here.

British Dictionary definitions for radio compass

radio compass

noun
  1. 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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