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Going in circles (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by gedaliyah to c/dadjokes

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[–] trxxruraxvr 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

If you use a stick with two points in it, its called a trammel.