Technology / Aviation / Magnetic Compass: The most common liquid-type compass, capable of calibration to compensate for magnetic influences within the aircraft.
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Technology / Aviation / Deviation (Magnetic): The error of a Magnetic Compass due to inherent magnetic influences in the structure and equipment of an aircraft. MORE
Technology / Aviation / Magnetic North: The magnetic North pole, located near 71?° North latitude and 96?° West longitude, that attracts a magnetic compass which is not influenced by local magnetic attraction, as opposed to GEOGRAPHIC NOR MORE
Science / Tides and Currents / Magnetic Direction: Direction as indicated by a magnetic compass after correction for deviation but without correction for variation. MORE
Science / Tides and Currents / Deviation (Of Compass): The deflection of the needle of a magnetic compass due to masses of magnetic metal within a ship on which the compass is located. This deflection varies with different headings of the ship. The deviat MORE
Technology / Motors / Magnetic Polarity: It is a fundamental principle of a winding that adjacent poles must be wound to give opposite magnetic polarity. This does not mean that the coils actually have to be wound in this direction before be MORE
Science / Geology / Magnetic North Pole: (1) The point where the Earth's surface intersects the axis of the dipole that best approximates the Earth's field. (2) The point where the Earth's magnetic field dips vertically downward. MORE