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Magnetic needle   /mægnˈɛtɪk nˈidəl/   Listen
Magnetic needle

noun
1.
A slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a mounting with little friction; used to indicate the direction of the earth's magnetic pole.





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"Magnetic needle" Quotes from Famous Books



... magnetic meridians cross, the only phenomenon produced is the vertical position of the magnetic needle in two similar points of the terrestrial globe. This phenomenon, already proved by observations made on the spot, must be identical in ...
— An Antarctic Mystery • Jules Verne
... stretch of ocean that to Daughtry was like all other stretches of ocean and unidentifiable from them. No land broke the sea-rim. The ship the centre, the horizon was the invariable and eternal circle of the world. The magnetic needle in the binnacle was the point on which the Mary Turner ever pivoted. The sun rose in the undoubted east and set in the undoubted west, corrected and proved, of course, by declination, deviation, and variation; and the ...
— Michael, Brother of Jerry • Jack London


Words linked to "Magnetic needle" :   magnet, magnetic compass


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