• @trxxruraxvr
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    2 months ago

    TIL I never knew English doesn’t have a separate word for that tool.

    • @[email protected]
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      112 months ago

      It’s a bit weird, isn’t it?

      Technically, the navigational tool is “a compass” and the geometric draw-a-circle tool is “a pair of compasses” (I don’t know why) - but in general use, people just call both of them “a compass”.

      We’ve had hundreds of years to rename one of them, but for some reason haven’t bothered.