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Magnetic north   /mægnˈɛtɪk nɔrθ/   Listen
Magnetic north

noun
1.
The direction in which a compass needle points.  Synonyms: compass north, north.






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"Magnetic north" Quotes from Famous Books



... wavered—agitated unmistakably—then the parts of the dynamos and the motor in the boat dragged the reluctant point of steel slowly, flutteringly, but surely, from its affinity, the magnetic North. ...
— The Man from the Bitter Roots • Caroline Lockhart



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