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Magnetic pole   Listen
noun
magnetic pole  n.  
1.
Either of two points where the lines of force of the earth's magnetic field are vertical.
2.
One of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetic field is strongest.





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"Magnetic pole" Quotes from Famous Books



... Lavalle that the upper strata of the Aurora Borealis are practically one big electric "leak," and that the paralysis of your engines was due to complete magnetization of all metallic parts. Low-flying planes often "glue up" when near the Magnetic Pole, and there is no reason in science why the same disability should not be experienced at higher levels when the Auroras ...
— Actions and Reactions • Rudyard Kipling
... point scientific explorations; discovered a strait, called after him the Strait of James Ross, and on the northern shore of this strait, on the main land of Boothia, planted the British flag on the Northern Magnetic Pole. The ice broke up, so did the Victory; after a hairbreadth escape, the party found a searching vessel and arrived home after an absence of four years and five months, Sir John Ross having lost his ship, and won his reputation, The friend in need was made a baronet ...
— Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage • Richard Hakluyt


Words linked to "Magnetic pole" :   geographical point, positive pole, pole, geographic point, negative pole, terminal, negative magnetic pole, end, magnet, south-seeking pole, positive magnetic pole


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