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Magnetic equator   Listen
noun
magnetic equator  n.  An imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip, the dipping needle being horizontal; called also aclinic line.






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... to render these results independent of the earth's magnetism, or of the mutual magnetism of the magnet and galvanometer needles. The contacts were made in the magnetic equator of the plate, and at other parts; the plate was placed horizontally, and the poles vertically; and other precautions were taken. But the absence of any interference of the kind referred to, was readily shown by the want of all effect when the disc was removed from the poles, ...
— Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 • Michael Faraday



Words linked to "Magnetic equator" :   aclinic line



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