magnetic needle
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Finding the magnetoreceptors responsible for triggering these neurons has been like looking for a magnetic needle in a haystack.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 23, 2016
He said: "Nothing must deflect the magnetic needle."
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week Bendix Aviation Corp. announced a new automatic compass that makes the old magnetic needle* look as obsolete as a warrior's spear.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without inclination or dipping; Ð said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The former is called the variation, and the latter the dipping of the magnetic needle.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
