MAGNETIC NORTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does magnetic north mean? 

• MAGNETIC NORTH (noun)
  The noun MAGNETIC NORTH has 1 sense:

1. the direction in which a compass needle points

  Familiarity information: MAGNETIC NORTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAGNETIC NORTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The direction in which a compass needle points

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

compass north; magnetic north; north

Hypernyms ("magnetic north" is a kind of...):

direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)

 Context examples 

Magnetic north flips to the geographic South Pole and, eventually, back again.

(Earth's last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought, National Science Foundation)