| NOUN | artifact | magnetic needle | a slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a mounting with little friction |
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| 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. | |
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| Part of | magnetic compass | compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north |
| Broader | magnet | (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field |
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