magnetic north
north as indicated by a magnetic compass, differing in most places from true north.
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Origin of magnetic north
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How to use magnetic north in a sentence
But, like so many happenings on Earth, these poles are never exactly in the same place and tend to gently shift so that what we picture as the north pole on a map is likely slightly different from where the magnetic north truly is.
A geomagnetic curveball 42,000 years ago changed our planet forever | Sara Kiley Watson | February 24, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe variation from the magnetic north is shown on the ground plan, which was made in December, 1890.
Casa Grande Ruin | Cosmos MindeleffHer perception of the invisible was as sensitive as the needle of a compass to the thrill of the magnetic north.
The Heather-Moon | C. N. Williamson and A. M. WilliamsonThe main building is built in the form of a cross, with its chief front to the magnetic north.
Even the compass needle doesn't point the true north, but only the magnetic north.
Mince PieAuthor: Christopher Darlington MorleyRelease Date: October 10, 2004 [eBook #13694] | Christopher Darlington Morley
The tendency of the loadstone to point towards the magnetic north and south.
The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry Smyth
British Dictionary definitions for magnetic north
the direction in which a compass needle points, at an angle (the declination) from the direction of true (geographic) north
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for magnetic north
The direction toward which the north-seeking arrow of a compass points.♦ The magnetic north pole is the northern pole of the Earth's magnetic field and changes slightly in response to variations in the Earth's magnetism. The current magnetic north pole is located in the Arctic Islands of Canada. Compare geographic north.
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Cultural definitions for magnetic north
The direction of the north magnetic pole.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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