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magnetic north

NOUN
  1. the direction in which a compass needle points

How To Use magnetic north In A Sentence

  • The compass needle always points towards Magnetic North. Times, Sunday Times
  • The compass needle always points towards Magnetic North. Times, Sunday Times
  • The compass needle points to the magnetic north pole.
  • A normal gyrocompass finds true north, not magnetic north, by using a very quickly rotating wheel and friction forces in order to use the turn of the Earth in its orienting process. Drabble Smut
  • Sailors have been comparing their compasses, which show magnetic north, to the sun and stars, which show true north, for many centuries and noting the results in logs stretching back to the year 1590.
  • Nest orientation was then recorded, relative to magnetic north, as the azimuth bisecting the nest opening.
  • The needle on a compass always points to magnetic north.
  • The flow of a magnetic field is taken from magnetic north pole to magnetic south pole.
  • David Hempleman-Adams is setting off in search of the Geomagnetic North pole in April.
  • The needle on a compass always points to magnetic north.
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