Compass (disambiguation)

A compass is a navigational instrument that indicates the direction to the magnetic poles.

Compass may also refer to:

Tools

 * Compass calipers, a tool to measure distances on a chart or map
 * Compass (drawing tool), a tool to inscribe circles and arcs

Art and entertainment

 * Compass (novel), a 2015 novel by Mathias Enard
 * Compass (Hudson), a 2005 public artwork by American artist Jon Barlow Hudson
 * Compass (Simpson), a 2003 public art work by American artist Gail Simpson
 * Compass Players (or Compass Theater), a 1950s improvised cabaret revue in Chicago, Illinois

Music

 * Compass or range, of a voice or musical instrument
 * Compass (band), a Chinese rock band
 * Compass (Assemblage 23 album), 2009
 * Compass (Jamie Lidell album), 2010
 * Compass (Mark Vincent album), 2010
 * Compass (Mark Vincent song), 2010 (later recorded by Didrik Solli-Tangen, and Sam Bailey)
 * Compass (Joshua Redman album), 2013
 * Compass (Lady Antebellum song), 2013
 * Compass Records, an independent record label founded in 1995
 * "Compass", a song by Dala from the album Everyone Is Someone
 * "Compass", a song by Jonathan Thulin from the album Science Fiction
 * "Compass", a song by Rascal Flatts from the album Rewind
 * "Compass", a song by Zella Day from the album Kicker

Television

 * Compass (1965 TV program), a 1965–1966 Canadian documentary television program
 * Compass (1986 TV program), a 1986 local Canadian television news program about Prince Edward Island
 * Compass (Australian TV program), a 1988 Australian news-documentary television program
 * Compass (Falling Skies), an episode of the American television drama series Falling Skies

Business and organizations

 * Compass, Inc., an American real estate brokerage
 * Compass (think tank), a British left-wing political think tank
 * Compass Datacenters inc., a datacenter company
 * Compass Airlines (Australia), operated 1990–1993
 * Compass Airlines (North America), a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines
 * Compass Design Automation, a former integrated circuit design company
 * Compass Group, a British food-service and facilities-management company
 * Compass International Pictures, an American film-distribution company
 * Massachusetts Computer Associates, also known as COMPASS
 * Project Compass, a British programme to help ex-service personnel

Nature

 * Compass cactus or barrel cactus, members of the genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus
 * Compass plant (Silphium laciniatum), a kind of sunflower
 * Pyxis, abbreviated from Pyxis Nautica, Latin for mariner's compass, southern constellation

Publications

 * The Daily Compass, a 1949–1952 New York City, New York, newspaper
 * Social Work (journal), an academic journal known as The Compass from 1920 to 1948

Navigation

 * Brunton compass, type of precision magnetic compass
 * Breithaupt compass or Geological compass
 * Hand compass, any compact magnetic compass capable of one-hand use
 * Radio direction finder, a tool used in direction finding that coincides with radio communications
 * An alternative name of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, which used the satellite Compass-M1

Traffic

 * Compass Card (San Diego), a contactless smart card used for public transit in San Diego, California
 * Compass Card (TransLink), an electronic payment system used for public transit in Vancouver, Canada
 * COMPASS, the Freeway Traffic Management System, a traffic management system in Canada

Other

 * COMPASS (computer system) used by Bank of England
 * Compass (architecture), a curved circular form
 * COMPASS or COMPrehensive ASSembler, a programming language for CDC mainframe computers in the 1960s and 1970s
 * COMPASS experiment or Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy, a particle physics experiment at CERN
 * COMPASS tokamak, an experimental facility of Tokamak department of Institute of Plasma Physics AS CR
 * Grid Compass, the first laptop computer
 * Jeep Compass, a compact crossover SUV
 * Compass Project is the former name of Elasticsearch, a Java search engine framework
 * An alternative name of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, which used the satellite Compass-M1

Other uses

 * Compass (law), to purpose (or intend) something
 * Compass, Pennsylvania, United States
 * Operation Compass, a World War II military operation in the North African campaign
 * Political compass, a multi-axis model used to label or organize political thought