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What does a compass do?

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a magnetic compass shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it
a compass is also an instrument, with moveable two legs/arms, used for taking measurements and describing circles.

A compass points towards the magnetic north of the earth. it only show the magnetic north.

with that you can figure out the other cardinal points and where they are.

cardinal points are like north , east south and west or N,NNE,NE,E,etc.

A compass is used for finding the direction from north,south east, west and sometimes we use the cardinal parts

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