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
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
He said: "Nothing must deflect the magnetic needle."
From Time Magazine Archive
To turn to one idea or to one feeling, as a magnetic needle turns to the north, is not within their power nor their concern.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Such wandering gives rise to variations in the direction of the magnetic needle from year to year.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth
