Sentence examples for width of the compass from inspiring English sources

Retain this width of the compass for the remaining steps.

Set width of the compass equal to the distance XY.

Use whatever width of the compass you want to.

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

Retain this width of the compass for the steps that follow.

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

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

Set the width of your compass to the distance CD.

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

Place the tip of the compass on one of the end points of the side AB (let's choose to place it on A) and draw an arc on either side of the line segment AB. Set the width of your compass equal to length of the third side, which is 4 centimeter (1.6 in) in this case.

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