Sentence examples similar to compassing the width from inspiring English sources

Take your compass and measure the width of the 16-sided face.

Make sure you do not change the compass width when you switch from one endpoint to the other.

Place the compass' tip on the point of intersection of the first arc and the other arm, without changing the width of the compass.

Leave the compass width as is.

Set the width of your compass to the distance CD.

Set the width of the compass equal to the given length of the altitude.

Set the width of your compass equal to the length of one of the equal sides.

Set the width of your compass equal to the one of the given side lengths.

Set the width of your compass equal to another given side length.

Set the width of your compass equal to the other given side length, which would be 7 centimeter (2.8 in) in this case.

Draw an arc cutting both the arms (BA and BC) of the original angle at points X and Y. Retain the width of the compass and place its tip on the vertex of the new angle (on point M).