Usually means: Tool for drawing precise circles.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. bow compass: Merriam-Webster
  2. bow compass: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bow compass: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bow compass: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bow-compass: Wordnik
  6. bow compass: Wiktionary
  7. bow compass: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Bow-compass, bow-compass, bow compass: Dictionary.com
  9. Bow-compass: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. bow-compass: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Bow-compass: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. bow-compass: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Bow-compass, bow compass: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bow compass: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (bow compass)

noun:  An arcograph.
noun:  A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil or pen for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring rather than a joint.
noun:  A pair of compasses with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs and passing through the other.

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