SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -A compass is a device that indicates direction. It is one of the most important instruments for navigation.

Detailed explanation-2: -A compass is a device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation and geographic orientation. It commonly consists of a magnetized needle or other element, such as a compass card or compass rose, which can pivot to align itself with magnetic north.

Detailed explanation-3: -A compass is an instrument which is used to find the direction of a magnetic field. A compass consists of a small metal needle which is magnetized and is free to turn in any direction. Therefore, in the presence of a magnetic field, the needle is able to line up in the same direction as the field.

Detailed explanation-4: -From Middle English compas (“a circle, circuit, limit, form, a mathematical instrument”), from Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus (“a circle, a circuit”), from Latin com-(“together”) + passus (“a pace, step, later a pass, way, route”); see pass, pace.

Detailed explanation-5: -An instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it is called a compass. It’s a device with magnetic needles used for showing the direction one is facing.