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MAGNETIC COMPASS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("magnetic compass" is a kind of...):
compass (navigational instrument for finding directions)
Meronyms (parts of "magnetic compass"):
magnetic needle (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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "magnetic compass"):
compass card; mariner's compass (compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic north)
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