Definitions for pelorus

pelorus pe·lo·rus

Spelling: [puh-lawr-uh s, -lohr-]
IPA: /pəˈlɔr əs, -ˈloʊr-/

Pelorus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 258 anagrams from letters in pelorus (eloprsu).

Definitions for pelorus

noun

  1. a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.

Origin of pelorus

1850-55; perhaps Latin Pelōrus, now Faro in Sicily, a cape which requires skill in navigation

Examples for pelorus

"The pelorus will send a boat as soon as we've anchored," he told them.

The pelorus brought orders for the Britomart to proceed to Sydney.

pelorus was the most northerly headland of the Straits of Messina.

He became famous and popular, and was known as "pelorus Jack."

And maybe you should tell them about the pelorus and the bathyscaphe.

One of the pelorus men tells me it's an immature specimen, too.

Queen Charlotte and the pelorus are the most picturesque of these sounds.

In taking a bearing by pelorus, two facts must be kept in mind.

Zircon took sightings with the pelorus, then calculated his readings.

These bearings will be secured in the best way by the use of your pelorus.

Word Value for pelorus
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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