Magnetic Needle - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: magnetic needlemagnetic equator
An imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip the dipping needle being horizontal called also aclinic line...
Magnetic
Pertaining to the magnet possessing the properties of the magnet or corresponding properties as a magnetic bar of iron a magnetic needle...
magnetic compass
An device using a magnet such as a magnetic needle to indicate the direction of magnetic north...
magnetic needle
A slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a low friction mounting used to indicate the direction of the earths magnetic pole...
magnetic dip
The angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon...
Magnetize
To communicate magnetic properties to to make magnetic as to magnetize a needle...
Loadstone
A piece of magnetite a magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle having the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically See Magnetite...
Behavior
Manner of behaving whether good or bad mode of conducting ones self conduct deportment carriage used also of inanimate objects as the behavior of a ship in a storm the behavior of the magnetic needle...
Declinometer
An instrument for measuring the declination of the magnetic needle...
Galvanometer
An instrument or apparatus for measuring the intensity of an electric current usually by the deflection of a magnetic needle...
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