magnetic compass
121magnetic — adj. Magnetic is used with these nouns: ↑attraction, ↑coating, ↑compass, ↑disk, ↑field, ↑needle, ↑north, ↑personality, ↑pole, ↑property, ↑pull, ↑re …
122compass — An instrument with a magnetic needle which is free to point to magnetic north. For survey the needle is either attached to a graduated card or can be read against a graduated circle to measure the angle in degrees from the north clockwise [25] …
123magnetic needle — n. thin magnetized rod placed within an instrument (a compass for example) to indicate the direction of the magnetic poles of earth …
124magnetic needle — noun a piece of magnetized steel used as an indicator on the dial of a compass and in magnetic and electrical apparatus …
125magnetic north — noun the direction in which the north end of a compass needle or other freely suspended magnet will point in response to the earth s magnetic field …
126magnetic needle — magnet′ic nee′dle n. elm a slender magnetized steel rod that when adjusted to swing in a horizontal plane, as in a compass, indicates the direction of the earth s magnetic fields • Etymology: 1840–50 …
127magnetic pole — magnet′ic pole′ n. 1) elm the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (South Pole 3)) or from which the lines of induction diverge (North Pole 3)). 2) geo either of the two points on the earth s surface where the… …
128Magnetic Island — /mægnɛtɪk ˈaɪlənd/ (say magnetik uyluhnd) noun an island off the coast of northern Qld, in Halifax Bay, 8 km from Townsville; tourist resort. 49 km2. {named by Captain James Cook in the belief that there was magnetic ore in its hills affecting… …
