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
Seeing how the master-mariner honours the magnetic needle, every thoughtful passenger will probably consult it in like manner.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Thomas Inman
Circumferent′or, an instrument used by surveyors and miners for measuring horizontal angles, consisting of a graduated circle, an index, and a magnetic needle suspended over the centre of a circle—now superseded by the Theodolite.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
