quarter point (English, noun)
expansion: quarter point (plural quarter points)
Senses:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: quarter points
tags: plural
form: quarter-point
tags: alternative