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nounA technical drawing instrument consisting of two hinged legs, one typically equipped with a sharp metal point for anchoring and the other with a holder for a pencil or pen, designed to inscribe circles or arcs of an adjustable radius.
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Ancient Greek διαβήτης, καρκίνος
- διαβήτης (diabḗtēs)tool used to draw circles
- καρκίνος (karkínos)tool used to draw circles
Arabic فِرْجَار, بِرْكَار
- فِرْجَار (firjār)tool used to draw circles
- بِرْكَار (birkār)tool used to draw circles
- دَوَّارَة (dawwāra)tool used to draw circles
- بِيكَار (bīkār)tool used to draw circles
Basque konpas
- konpastool used to draw circles
Bulgarian перге́л
- перге́л (pergél)tool used to draw circles
Catalan compàs
- compàstool used to draw circles
Chinese Cantonese 圓規 /圆规
- 圓規 /圆规 (jyun⁴ kwai¹)tool used to draw circles
Chinese Mandarin 圓規 /圆规
- 圓規 /圆规 (yuánguī)tool used to draw circles
Czech kružítko
- kružítkotool used to draw circles
Danish passer
- passertool used to draw circles
Dutch passer
- passertool used to draw circles
Esperanto cirkelo
- cirkelotool used to draw circles
Estonian sirkel
- sirkeltool used to draw circles
Finnish harppi
- harppitool used to draw circles
French compas
- compastool used to draw circles
German Zirkel
- Zirkeltool used to draw circles
Greek διαβήτης
- διαβήτης (diavítis)tool used to draw circles
Hawaiian ʻūpā
- ʻūpātool used to draw circles
Hebrew מחוגה
- מחוגה (mekhuga)tool used to draw circles
Hindi परकार
- परकार (parkār)tool used to draw circles
Hungarian körző
- körzőtool used to draw circles
Icelandic sirkill, hringfari
- sirkilltool used to draw circles
- hringfaritool used to draw circles
Indonesian jangka
- jangkatool used to draw circles
Irish compás
- compástool used to draw circles
Italian compasso
- compassotool used to draw circles
Japanese コンパス
- コンパス (konpasu)tool used to draw circles
Korean 컴퍼스, 콤파스
- 컴퍼스 (keompeoseu)tool used to draw circles
- 콤파스 (kompaseu)tool used to draw circles
Latin circinus
- circinustool used to draw circles
Latvian cirkulis
- cirkulistool used to draw circles
Lithuanian skriestuvas
- skriestuvastool used to draw circles
Malay jangka lukis
- jangka lukistool used to draw circles
Māori tāporowhita, tuhiporowhita
- tāporowhitatool used to draw circles
- tuhiporowhitatool used to draw circles
Norwegian passer
- passertool used to draw circles
Persian پرگار
- پرگار (pargâr)tool used to draw circles
Polish cyrkiel
- cyrkieltool used to draw circles
Portuguese compasso
- compassotool used to draw circles
Romanian compas
- compastool used to draw circles
Russian ци́ркуль
- ци́ркуль (církulʹ)tool used to draw circles
Spanish compás
- compástool used to draw circles
Swahili bikari
- bikaritool used to draw circles
Swedish passare
- passaretool used to draw circles
Tagalog kompas, aguhon
- kompastool used to draw circles
- aguhontool used to draw circles
Thai วงเวียน, กงเวียน
- วงเวียน (wong-wiian)tool used to draw circles
- กงเวียน (gong-wiian)tool used to draw circles
- กางเวียน (gaang-wiian)tool used to draw circles
Turkish pergel
- pergeltool used to draw circles
Ukrainian циркуль
- циркуль (cyrkulʹ)tool used to draw circles
Vietnamese com-pa
- com-patool used to draw circles
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APA
pair of compasses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pair%20of%20compasses
MLA
“pair of compasses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pair%20of%20compasses. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pair of compasses,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pair%20of%20compasses.
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