pelorus card
pelorus card
[pə′lȯr·əs ‚kärd] (navigation)
The part of a pelorus on which the direction graduations are placed, usually in the form of a thin disk or annulus graduated in degrees, clockwise from 0° at the reference direction to 360°.
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