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Flinders bar
noun
, Navigation.
- a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
Flinders bar
/ ˈflɪndəz /
noun
- nautical a bar of soft iron mounted on a binnacle to compensate for local magnetism causing error to the compass
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Flinders bar1
First recorded in 1880–85; named after M. Flinders
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Flinders bar1
C19: named after Matthew Flinders (died 1814), English navigator
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Example Sentences
This bar, now known as a “Flinders bar,” is still in general use.
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