Noun:

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magnetic compass's Usage Examples:

also the term for the graduated markings found on the traditional magnetic compass.

Especially favoured for this purpose are all-brass lamps or lamps made with no ferromagnetic metals, as these lamps do not deflect the needles of a magnetic compass, which is typically read while brightly illuminated from above using the caver's lamp.

The first magnetic compasses were made from lodestones, while more modern magnetic compasses played an important role in the history.

traditional purpose was to hold the ship"s magnetic compass, mounted in gimbals to keep it level while the ship pitched and rolled.

of compasses, which also include a conventional gyrocompass and a magnetic compass.

A magnetic compass aboard an aircraft displays the current magnetic heading.

A gyrocompass is a type of non-magnetic compass which is based on a fast-spinning disc and the rotation of the Earth (or another planetary body if used.

The magnetic compass is the most familiar compass type.

(also hand bearing compass or sighting compass) is a compact magnetic compass capable of one-hand use and fitted with a sighting device to record a precise.

noted by Hans Christian Ørsted in 1820, that a magnetic compass"s needle deflects when near a wire having electric current.

This was replaced in the early 20th century by the liquid-filled magnetic compass.

1698-1700 Edmund Halley made probably the first primarily scientific voyage to study the variation of the magnetic compass, sailing as far as 52 deg S.

planet"s magnetic field points vertically downwards (in other words, if a magnetic compass needle is allowed to rotate in three dimensions, it will point straight.

Synonyms:

mariner's compass, magnetic needle, compass card, compass,

Antonyms:

incapability,