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magnetic needle

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magnetic needle
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.
magnetic needle
n
(Physics / General Physics) 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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Noun1.magnetic needlemagnetic 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
magnet - (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field
magnetic compass - compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north


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He broke into the long easy lope, and went on, hour after hour, never at loss for the tangled way, heading straight home through strange country with a certitude of direction that put man and his magnetic needle to shame.
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