Point in the Arctic at which Earth's magnetic field points vertically downwards, at 86°N 175°E in the Arctic Ocean as of 2019.
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Examples for "north magnetic pole "
Examples for "north magnetic pole "
1 The movement of the north magnetic pole has been the object of study since 1831.
2 The south magnetic pole has not yet been found, but Sir James Ross discovered the north magnetic pole on June 1, 1831.
1 The compass needle points to the magnetic north pole .
2 Each man is a magnetic north pole .
3 She said there was a difference between the north pole and the magnetic north pole , or something like that.
4 Polar challenge: A dentist from Co Derry has become the first Irish woman to walk to the magnetic north pole .
5 The magnetic north pole , unlike its geographical counterpart, does not remain fixed in one spot, but drifts gradually with the passing years.
1 I set it up and snapped it to mark out magnetic north .
2 Her fixed point, her magnetic north - but now everything was being moved.
3 When transferring from map to field, rotate the compass housing toward magnetic north .
4 Keep in mind that magnetic north changes slightly each year.
5 The Sun switches its polarity, its magnetic north and south, once every 11 years.
1 It consists of an impeller, a motor and a magnetic bearing .
2 The magnetic bearing fully levitates the impeller not to contact with other parts of pump.
3 The larger discs at the top end had broken off centuries ago, probably when the magnetic bearing seized up.
4 In an effort to eliminate friction, they have a magnetic bearing that holds the upper end of the rotor steady with invisible fields.
5 But near the base, just above the huge magnetic bearing buried in the polyp, five emergency escape pods were nesting in their covered berths.
6 The lakes were triangulated by means of magnetic bearings as far as was practicable, in order to obtain their widths and general contour.
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This collocation consists of: Translations for magnetic bearing