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Magnetic Needle

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Noun

1. magnetic needle

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Magnetic Needle

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noun
a slender magnetized rod used in certain instruments, such as the magnetic compass, for indicating the direction of a magnetic field

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Magnetic Needle

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a slender bar of magnetized steel which, when mounted so as to swing freely on a pivot, will point along the line of the magnetic meridian toward the magnetic poles, approximately north and south: it is the essential part of a magnetic compass

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Magnetic Needle

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n.
A slender bar of magnetized steel usually suspended on a low-friction mounting and used in various instruments, especially in the magnetic compass, to indicate the direction of the earth's magnetic poles.

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