magnetic compass
a compass having a magnetized needle generally in line with the magnetic poles of the earth.
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How to use magnetic compass in a sentence
The magnetic compass has been for ages the mariner's guide over the trackless waters.
Marvels of Scientific Invention | Thomas W. CorbinThus we have testimony to the importance of these little vagaries on the part of the magnetic compass.
Marvels of Scientific Invention | Thomas W. CorbinAltogether, then, it is not surprising that the old magnetic compass is somewhat unreliable.
Marvels of Scientific Invention | Thomas W. CorbinWe found there a penknife, a small magnetic compass, and many other remnants of the fall.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps | John TyndallThe needle of a magnetic compass serves very well as a magnetoscope.
Physics | Willis Eugene Tower
British Dictionary definitions for magnetic compass
a compass containing a magnetic needle pivoted in a horizontal plane, that indicates the direction of magnetic north at points on the earth's surface
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