Compass (drafting)

This article is about the drafting instrument. For other meanings, see Compass (disambiguation).

In mathematics and drafting, a device known as a compass (or pair of compasses) is used by mathematicians and craftsmen in geometry to draw or inscribe a circle or arc. Simply, this type of compass is used as a drafting instrument used for drawing circles and in ruler-and-compass constructions.

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• beam or trammel compass (variant form); another example

See also: Compass (drafting), Arc, Circle, Compass (disambiguation), Drafting, Geometry, Instrument, Mathematics, Ruler-and-compass constructions