Compass and Design

Compass

Compass verb - To engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends.

Usage example: the rebels are compassing the assassination of the king

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Design and compass are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Design" instead a verb "Compass".

Nearby Words: compassion, compassed, compassing

Design verb - To have in mind as a purpose or goal.

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Compass and design are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compass" instead a verb "Design".

human	human compass	human design
best	best compass	best design
alien	alien compass	alien design
initial	initial compass	initial design
Other adjectives: simple, poor, actual, unique, mechanical, traditional, strange, different, said.

Corvo from Dishonored gets one from The Outsider, a circular design resembling a compass (complete with tiny, spidery "N" for North) on the back of his left hand.

Source: Power Tattoo
A Doylist interpretation might be that the compass is a holdover from earlier in Halo's development when it was supposed to be less linear/episodic in its levels and more of an open-world experience; the compass may have been useful to players' navigation in the context of the original game design.

Source: Gun Accessories
The Giant's case design was based on the Gavilan SC, and the display apparently used the same resolution as the Compass, albeit the Giant used a liquid crystal display whereas the Compass used an electroluminescent display.

Source: Series / Halt and Catch Fire

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