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com′pass devia′tion card′, 
  1. Nautical, Naval Termsa card, sheet, or the like, with two compass roses printed on it concentrically, for recording, on a given voyage, the amount of deviation for which the navigator must compensate in using the ship's compass to steer a magnetic course.

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