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What term describes someone that knows north south east and west?
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∙ 10y ago
There are many different terms that you might use to describe this. One of the more colorful expressions was used in England to describe a young man who could recite the 32 "points" of a nautical compass is that he could "box the compass".
There are four "cardinal" directions; north, east, south, west. There are four "semi-cardinal" points halfway between these; northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest. There are 8 halfway points between these, and 16 halfway points between THOSE.
All together, that makes 32 "points" of the compass, each point being 12.5 degrees different. So an old-time navigator might order the helmsman to steer a course that was "west southwest, half south".
With modern ships, we're no longer limited in course by the direction of the wind, and with modern gyroscopically stabilized compasses, we can steer more accurately, so now we measure course by degrees rather than by "points".
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