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magnetic north
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
magnetic north \magnetic north\ n. The direction in which the north-pointing end of a compass needle points; at low latitudes it is close to geographic (true) north, but deviates substantially from true north as one nears the north pole.
Syn: north, compass north.
Wiktionary
alt. At a given point on Earth's surface, the direction of Earth's magnetic field, i.e. the direction into which the compass needle of a magnetic compass points. n. At a given point on Earth's surface, the direction of Earth's magnetic field, i.e. the direction into which the compass needle of a magnetic compass points.
WordNet
n. the direction in which a compass needle points [syn: north, compass north]
Wikipedia
Magnetic North is the fourth and final full-length album released by the hardcore band Hopesfall. Josh Brigham, one of the guitarists and the only founding member remaining during the recording of the album, has said: "Our music has always been spacey and heavy, and we use those roots, combined with our love of grunge-era Smashing Pumpkins, Dinosaur Jr., HUM, and Pixies, we add some bigger, heavier riffs.
"We all admire bands that can morph and change with each album, and that is what we try to do. Expect change and progression, in both songwriting and overall style, on the new album."
During the period before this album's release, the band released a new song from the album on their MySpace page each week for the ten weeks prior to the release date.
"Bird Flu" was previously released on the compilation album Trustkill Takeover Vol. 2.
Magnetic North is an album by Iain Archer, the follow-up album to 2004's Flood The Tanks. Both "When It Kicks In" and "Soleil" were released as singles.
Magnetic North is the direction in which a compass needle points; see Magnetic declination and North Magnetic Pole.
Magnetic North may also refer to:
- Magnetic North (Hopesfall album), 2007
- Magnetic North (Aqualung album), 2010
- Magnetic North (Iain Archer album), 2006
- The Magnetic North, a British band
- Magnetic North Orchestra, a Norwegian jazz orchestra
- Magnetic North Theatre Festival in Canada
- An arc of Ultimate X-Men written by Brian K. Vaughan
Magnetic North is the sixth studio album by Aqualung. The album was released in the UK and US on the 20 April 2010 and was recorded in Los Angeles.
On 23 February 2010, Hales released information on his Facebook page that he had finished the album "My album is now actually finished. As I suspected, it is called Magnetic North. I am very pleased with it". He went on to say "It's hard to describe. It's like 12 kids who you would never guess were in the same family until you hear them speaking. See? I told you it's hard to describe."
He also stated that tracks from the record and further details would be available in "The coming weeks thus driving you wild with anticipation."
On 2 March 2010, the debut single "Fingertip" was released on iTunes and via Myspace.
Usage examples of "magnetic north".
It's a magnetic compass, of course, and that's useless because I do know the magnetic north pole is nowhere near the geographical north pole: I believe it's about a thousand miles away from it.
Columbus noted that the direction of magnetic north not only deviated from the true north, but that the extent and even direction of the deviation varied as he traveled.
The magnetic field has an axis too, but it's different from the axis of rotation, that's why magnetic north is not the same as true north.
There's no good reason for magnetic north to be the same as true north on a pulsar, either.
The magnetic north pole is a good deal _south_ of where we are now and a long way to the west.
Despite the fact that the magnetic north pole is nowhere near the north pole - at that time it was almost a thousand miles south of it and lay more to the west than north of us - a magnetic compass, when proper variation allowances are made, is still useful in high latitudes: but because of the counter-acting magnetic effects of a large mass of metal, it was quite useless when mounted on the tractor itself.
He turns westward as inexorably as a compass needle seeks magnetic north.
Indeed the magnetic north pole is presently situated in northern Canada, about 11 degrees from the true North Pole.
Alan stands up, pulls a compass out of his pocket, turns to face magnetic north, and squares his shoulders.
It is one of the most powerful ways I have ever found to communicate that there is such a thing as magnetic north.
You see, the needle is always pointing in the same direction, to magnetic north.
Only a child at Christmastime, staring wide-eyed at an array of gifts under the tree, could have experienced the same feeling of wonder that Pitt did that moment as he sat entranced and watched that crazy little pin swing leisurely in a half circle until its head pointed toward magnetic north.
True, a compass needle indicates the direction of the magnetic north pole.