English Explanatory Dictionary

quarter point

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the 32 points of the compass achieved by bisecting the angles of the sixteen half-points; for example, north by east (lying between north and north-northeast) or northwest by west (lying between northwest and west-northwest). The compass point corresponding to a quarter-wind.

Word forms

quarter point quarter points quarter-point
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