Usually means: Deviation from true magnetic direction.
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  1. compass error: Merriam-Webster
  2. compass-error: Wordnik
  3. compass error: Wiktionary

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

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Compass Error: Latitude Mexico

Definitions from Wiktionary (compass error)

noun:  (geometry, geomagnetism) The combination of variation and deviation which is the horizontal angle between the direction indicated by a magnetic compass and true north.

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