compass needle
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"You've taken us for fools long enough," read a banner beneath a display depicting BFV officials using a magnet to pull a compass needle towards them.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The lasers help measure changes in the atoms’ internal compass needle, which is used to calculate the strength of the magnetic field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
"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
Norman announced on his title page that he was the discoverer of ‘a newe...secret and subtill propertie’, the dip of the compass needle.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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