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Meanings of magnetic equator in inglés

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equador magnètic

An imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip.

        equador magnètic
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        1
        But suppose that the earth is to the North of the magnetic equator of the field, what happens then?
        Aether and Gravitation
        2
        Thus the difference, arising from a change of place in the compass, appeared to diminish sensibly as we approached the magnetic equator.
        A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 / Undertaken for the purp...
        3
        The terrestrial magnetic poles do not coincide with the geographical ones; nor does the earth's magnetic equator quite coincide with the geographical equator.
        Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
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        At the magnetic equator there is no dip at all, because the needle being equally distant from the north and south magnetic poles, remains horizontal.
        The Giant of the North: Pokings Round the Pole
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