magnetic north

magnetic north
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. [WordNet 1.5]


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