SYNONYMY NOTE: irritable implies quick excitability to annoyance or anger, usually resulting from emotional tension, restlessness, physical indisposition, etc.; , irascible, choleric are applied to persons who are hot-tempered and can be roused to a fit of anger at the slightest irritation; , splenetic suggests a peevish moroseness in one quick to ...
Quick Answer. A map direction symbol is called a compass rose, and a simple compass rose symbol may only depict the four cardinal directions of north, east, west and south. A compass rose has been used on charts, atlases and maps by navigators since the 14th century. A more detailed compass rose can show many other directions.
Cardinal Directions are the most commonly used forms of direction. and include North, South, East and West. The four equal divisions - Northeast, Southeast, Southwest and Northwest - are called Primary InterCardinal directions. Additional subdivisions indicated on the compass rose, between the Cardinal and Primary InterCardinal directions are in fact called Secondary InterCardinal directions, but they are hardly ever used. Example: North-Northeast.