compass
Example Sentences
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“For us, being a pacifist country wasn’t just a political label. It has been our moral compass after the tragedy,” said Yagi.
Inside these structures, tiny magnetic moments, which behave like miniature compass needles, align in circular patterns.
From Science Daily
Back in the lab, the cores were sliced into thin sections and analyzed with a highly sensitive magnetometer capable of detecting signals far weaker than a compass needle.
From Science Daily
She held out her hand for the compass.
From Literature
Using supersensitive, quantum-based magnetic sensors, it’s possible to read that field the way a compass needle does and match those variations to pre-existing maps of them.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
