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Meanings of magnetic north in English
The point on the surface of Earth's Northern Hemisphere at which the planet's magnetic field points vertically downwards.
Usage of magnetic north in English
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I set it up and snapped it to mark out magnetic north.
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Her fixed point, her magnetic north-butnow everything was being moved.
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When transferring from map to field, rotate the compass housing toward magnetic north.
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Keep in mind that magnetic north changes slightly each year.
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The Sun switches its polarity, its magnetic north and south, once every 11 years.
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Even the compass needle doesn't point the true north, but only the magnetic north.
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Notice that the map below shows magnetic north, true north (T.N.
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Note.-Inthe vicinity of London true north is 15 degrees east of the magnetic north.
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The compass needle points to the magnetic north pole.
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I had the two angles measured against magnetic north.
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The garden is the magnetic north of this kitchen.
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It's on the sea bottom fifty fathoms down, five miles magnetic north-north-east from Cape Farnell!
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The difference between the map's grid north and magnetic north is called the angle of declination.
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If each sister had been a point of the compass, she had been their magnetic north.
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My brother is magnetic north for Catholic schoolgirls.
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At present, magnetic north lies near Ellesmere Island in northern Canada, but it won't stay there.
