magnetic pole
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In magnetic minerals, the alignment of electrons acts like a tiny compass pointing toward Earth's magnetic pole.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
This is distinct from the northernmost magnetic pole, which is the point where Earth's magnetic field points vertically downward, although the two locations are relatively close to each other.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2024
The northern lights appear in a region around the earth’s magnetic pole, called the “auroral oval” or “auroral zone”, explains Don Hampton, research associate professor at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
From National Geographic • Dec. 1, 2023
For example, magnetic monopole quasiparticles have only one magnetic pole — unlike all ordinary magnets, which always have a north and a south.
From Nature • Jul. 2, 2020
When a charged particle bounces from one magnetic pole to the other, it must cross the equatorial plane of Saturn.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
