compass needle
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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 The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
"Each electron possesses a magnetic spin that acts like a tiny compass needle embedded in the material, reacting to the local magnetic field," said Rice materials scientist and co-author Boris Yakobson.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023
Above, the mast tilted back and forth like a compass needle aimed at the sky.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
These errors are akin to flipping a compass needle from north to south or east to west, respectively.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2022
Because Lyra now realized, if she hadn’t done so before, that all the fear in her nature was drawn to Mrs. Coulter as a compass needle is drawn to the Pole.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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