magnetic needle

Noun

Meaning

a slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a mounting with little friction; used to indicate the direction of the earth's magnetic pole

Source: WordNet

Hypernyms

magnet

Examples

The magnetic needle is free to rotate in the horizontal plane. Source: Internet

He showed that a magnetic needle, made to oscillate over nonferrous surfaces, such as water, glass, copper, etc., falls more rapidly in the extent of its oscillations according as it is more or less approached to the surface. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

magnetic moment magnetic moment density magnetic monopole magnetic north magnetic North Pole magnetic offset